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Jim McDermott, S.J., is an associate editor at America.
Los Angeles County firefighters pause to fight the flames due to erratic winds in Placenta Caynon Road in Santa Clarita, Calif., July 24 (AP Photo/Matt Hartman).
Dispatches
Jim McDermott
The need for new options only grows more evident.
FaithDispatches
Jim McDermott
July 31st is known around the world as Harry Potter's birthday.
Signs Of the Times
Jim McDermott
Los Angeles ‘grew up around the automobile.’ Ready access to transportation was assumed.
Bishop Robert Barron is pictured in front of the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels in Los Angeles July 20, 2015. (CNS photo/J.D. Long-Garcia, The Tidings)
Dispatches
Jim McDermott
The archdiocese has a social media presence like pretty much nowhere in the world—including the Vatican.
The sexism behind some of the attacks on the new “Ghostbusters” is astonishing. (Sony Pictures)
Dispatches
Jim McDermott
The female-led remake makes several improvements over the 1980s original.
Skylar Barrett walks with an American flag in the middle of the street during a march through the Buckhead neighborhood against the recent police shootings of African-Americans on Monday, July 11, 2016, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/David Goldman)
Dispatches
Jim McDermott
Do we really expect that Americans will tolerate indefinitely horrors like people of color being killed by police, mass incidents of gun violence and the growing chasm between rich and poor?
Rescue me
Dispatches
Jim McDermott
There is concern that the European Union is moving too fast in insisting that the United Kingdom begin the exit process immediately.
Dispatches
Jim McDermott
As an outsider I find myself terribly inspired by this attempt at a community of nations.
Dispatches
Jim McDermott
On Sunday 49 people were gunned down by a single armed individual. How can we tolerate that?
Dispatches
Jim McDermott
I’ve had it with “I’m praying for you.” It’s a beautiful and well-intentioned sentiment; it also allows us to wash our hands of these events.