The deep need for reparatory justice
What does it mean to respond seriously to great harm? What if that harm stretches over centuries, from slavery and the Jim Crow era down to the persistent racist injustices and iniquities of the prese...
6 Feb 202340min
Announcing Just Politics Season 2
People of faith believe God is at work in the world around us. But this can be hard to see, given the state of politics in the United States, especially when religious leaders often seem fixated on al...
27 Jan 20232min
Let's be better neighbors in 2023
Advent challenges us to better prepare ourselves for the arrival of Jesus in our world. And this call to transformation resonates especially with the issue of immigration in the United States. Immigra...
12 Des 202258min
To be truly pro-family
For years, politicians in the United States have invoked the rhetoric of being "pro-family." But what does that really mean? For justice-seekers, it means policies and policy proposals that would help...
28 Nov 20221h 2min
It's OK to call something racist
Why do people in the United States struggle with the idea of calling something racist? Sister Emily, Sister Eilis, Joan, and Colin explore America's troubled relationship with confronting racism, not ...
14 Nov 20221h 7min
Pre-election scary season
Just Politics celebrates Halloween by confronting some of the scariest elements of our pre-election season: election deniers running for the statewide offices that will oversee future elections; threa...
31 Okt 202246min
Equally sacred matters
As the 2022 midterm elections near, Sister Emily, Sister Eilis, Joan, and Colin discuss the importance of being a "Pope Francis Voter"—a multi-issue voter willing to do the work to build and protect a...
17 Okt 202252min
Sister politics
With the help of NETWORK's historian, Mara Rutten, we explore the 50-year history of U.S. Catholic sisters' involvement in political advocacy as part of their vocations. This includes the founding of ...
3 Okt 20221h 3min
