The Dispatch
The Catholic roots of the New Socialism
The “patron saint” of today’s Democratic Socialists of America got his start with Dorothy Day’s Catholic Worker Movement. But for Day, prayer and the sacraments […]
Articles by Anne Hendershott
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Can a Catholic university be too Catholic?
Consultants have reportedly told CUA faculty that commitment to a Catholic identity “hurts” the school’s brand. The evidence suggests otherwise. […]
Analysis
Transgenderism: Semantic contagion or biological fact?
From education specialists to publicly funded medical clinics to a growing body of academic work and activism, the transgender industry has exploded. […]
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Jordan Peterson is a prophet—and a problem for progressives
Peterson understands how ideology shapes culture—and that enrages his harshest critics. […]
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The wave of sex abuse accusations returns to university campuses
A Muslim scholar revered by many progressives is one of the latest influential men to be accused of sexual assault. […]
Opinion
As Title IX guidelines change, Catholic schools need to protect the rights of all students
Some of prestigious Catholic colleges have routinely violated the civil rights of students by withholding due process protections from those accused of sexual assault. […]
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What, the Devil?
A new study reveals that Catholics are among the least likely to agree that Satan is a “living being.” […]
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Why are more women choosing to put fertility “on ice”?
When Apple and Facebook announced in 2014 that they would extend their fertility and surrogacy benefits for employees to cover the costs of egg freezing, Bloomberg Businessweek pronounced that the procedure would do more to […]
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Catholic governors seek to retain contraception mandates for religious employers
While the Trump administration is working to fulfill a campaign promise to allow employers to opt out of providing no-cost birth control to female employees for religious and moral reasons, a growing number of states are […]
Books
The dark reality the porn industry doesn’t want you to see
There was a time—long, long ago—when librarians believed that an important part of their role was to protect patrons from objectionable reading materials. Keeping books like Lady Chatterley’s Lover, Ulysses, or Tropic of Cancer under […]