(RNS) At 161 smallish pages, “Joe Biden and Catholicism in the United States” has the brevity, bravado and binary thinking of a good political tract. Which, in fact, is what it is. The handsome cover photo of Biden is campaign quality, and the opening declaration is boldly over the top.
The election of Biden as the second Catholic president of the United States, writes Massimo Faggioli, “alone made the 2020 U.S. election historically notable, distinctive in both the political and religious history of the United States.”
That distinction may more properly belong to the 2004 election, when a majority of Catholic voters did not prefer the Catholic candidate for president. The rejection of John Kerry, the second Irish-Catholic senator from Massachusetts to run for the office, put a firm closing parenthesis around the time when politicos spoke assuredly about something called “the Catholic vote.”
Effort seeks to preserve historic temperance monument in Park River, N.D.
The Park River fountain has international historical significance because it is one of fewer than 100 WCTU monuments left in the world, Frisby said. The WCTU, an organization that supported social causes including temperance, built the fountain in hopes that it would encourage people to drink more water and less alcohol. 1:21 pm, Apr. 18, 2021 ×
Park River, N.D., architect Agatha Frisby, left, and attorney Tracy Laaveg survey the community s Women s Christian Temperance Union monument. Residents hope to restore the rare structure, which dates to 1906. Photo by Eric Hylden/Grand Forks Herald
Why âKarensâ Are a Threat to Racial Progress
From Ida B. Wells to Emmett Till to the âKarensâ of today, the trope of white women in danger has been used to harm Black people.
I have white women in my life whom I like and love but, for some white women, a predatory element lingers just under the surface of their smiling faces. Because in many ways, white womanhood is the secret weapon in the perpetuation of white supremacy: When a white woman feels âunsafeââparticularly in situations that involve a Black woman conscious of an injustice or a Black male simply existingâwhatever solution that follows cannot be questioned. Â
Effort seeks to preserve historic temperance monument in Park River, N.D. Statue is an ode to dry times in the state
The Park River WCTU cement fountain was built in September 1906 by Ed Herwik at a cost of about $300. The fountain, decorated with Scotch granite, was dedicated at the 17th annual North Dakota WCTU convention. 3:00 pm, Apr. 16, 2021 ×
Park River (ND) architect Agatha Frisby, left, and attorney Tracy Laaveg survey the stone fountain, with an arch on four columns and surrounded by a stone fence, located in what is known as Little Park, near downtown. The arch is inscribed with the words, For Humanity s Sake. Frisby and Laaveg are part of a group of Park River residents who are trying to restore the historic monument built by the Women s Christian Temperance Union in the early 1900 s. Photo by Eric Hylden/Grand Forks Herald
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People s World. “You may not always agree with my views but that is the whole point of editorial cartooning.” Kearney is a member of the Association of American Editorial Cartoonists.
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