Katie Grimes
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White Feelings, Presidential Lies: POTUS and the Myth of the Illegal Immigrant Voter
Last year, POTUS and his people were sure that the 2016 election would be rigged. This year, they have sought to discredit his loss in the popular vote: according to them, his three million vote deficit reflects not the will… Continue reading
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White Supremacy and “the Ordinary Man:” Steve Bannon Is Not a “Populist”
Today The New York Times ran a story emblazoned with a headline that proclaimed Steve Bannon, the President-elect’s right hand man, a “populist.” A sub-heading near the end of the article adds detail to this portrait, describing him as one… Continue reading
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There Is No Such Thing as “the White Working Class”
Why Donald Trump’s 2016 victory had nothing to do with “class.” Continue reading
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Initial Thoughts On the Impending Reality of a Donald Trump Presidency
The election has not been decided yet, although it looks as though Donald Trump will win. I offer the following thoughts, which I hope will not become reality. Some might say that this is the time for more caution and… Continue reading
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Saints and White Supremacy: Is Peter Claver “the Patron Saint of Racial Justice?”
Earlier this summer, the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops declared today, the feast day of Peter Claver, as a “Day of Prayer for [Racial] Peace in Our Communities.” In so doing, they enlist a long Catholic tradition of exalting… Continue reading
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He Got It From His Mama? The Christian Case for Transgender Equality
Here is what I want to say to Christians for whom the fact that “transgender people are clearly happier and healthier and more fully alive when they are allowed to be transgender” is not a good enough reason to accept… Continue reading
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A Trophy or a Drug? Sex and the Eucharist in Pope Francis’s Pastoral Letter on the Family
In the contemporary Catholic church, debates about sexual ethics often underlie debates about the Eucharist and vice versa. No wonder then that the pope’s recent pastoral letter, Amoris Laetitia–a document that focuses explicitly on whether certain sexual sinners should be allowed… Continue reading
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Death and Armistice: The War that Made the Next War Possible
On this Armistice Day, which brought the senseless slaughter of World War One to a long overdue end, I am thinking especially of my great grandmother’s brother, Lawson, who left high school early in order to fight in that war.… Continue reading
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What Comes After “HeresyLetter Gate?”*
Alright, everybody: let’s take all the energy and outrage we have felt about this issue, multiply it by one thousand, and add it to the Black Lives Matter Movement. Continue reading