Lyndon Johnson
Why I miss Tommy Smothers
By Jeffrey Salkin — December 28, 2023
(RNS) — The Smothers Brothers were funny. More than that: They were profoundly human and kind.
How the Vietnam War pushed MLK to embrace global justice, not only civil rights at home
By Anthony Siracusa — January 13, 2022
(The Conversation) — MLK’s vision for nonviolence included abolishing what he called triple evils – racism, poverty and militarism.
The desecration of the House
By Mark Silk — January 8, 2021
(RNS) —The sacrilege lay not in the invasion of the Capitol but in the fact that it had been incited by the president of the United States.
The Vietnam War revisited
By Thomas Reese — April 11, 2018
(RNS) — Looking back, I feel guilty for being so stupid and burying myself in books rather than being part of the historic events of my time.
The word of the week in Philadelphia: Love
By guest — July 29, 2016
(RNS) “Love” has been taboo in Democratic Party politics for so long. But it's back. Big time.
COMMENTARY: An executive order with moral authority
By Simone Campbell — February 12, 2014
(RNS) By using the power of his pen to lift the minimum wage for federally contracted workers, President Obama is affirming the dignity and worth of all working people.
COMMENTARY: War on Poverty anniversary recalls religion’s role in Appalachia
By Mark I. Pinsky — January 8, 2014
HOT SPRINGS, N.C. (RNS) On the 50th anniversary of the launch of President Lyndon Johnson's War on Poverty, it is worth recalling that Appalachia was a magnet for missionaries, both religious and secular. They failed, in part, because they did not respect the strong beliefs and culture of the region.
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