America's Original Sin

The mission of the Carlisle Industrial School: “Kill the Indian” and “Save the Man.” We're learning more about so-called boarding schools from the late 19th and early 20th centuries, engineered by white men to educate Native American children. While the stories are a new component of American history for white people, the trauma they perpetrated spans generations. Geoff O'Gara made a film about one of the affected tribes.

The rhetoric on the presidential campaign trail is as divisive and vitriolic as ever. In fact, several large Republican donors have said they’re reluctant…

Jim Wallis is a theologian and a prolific writer on issues of politics and morality. He’s also the president of a social justice group called Sojourners…