Kathryn Lopez
opinionFebruary 9, 2021
We should get our priorities straightYou may have heard that a 9-year-old was recently pepper-sprayed by a police officer in Rochester, New York. But did you happen to watch the whole 10-minute video of what transpired? There is so much more going on there than just another police brutality story. It'...opinionFebruary 2, 2021
Old views from new administration"(W)e will never again sow division. Scripture tells us to envision that everyone shall sit under their own vine and fig tree and no one shall make them afraid." That's from Amanda Gorman's poem, "The Hill We Climb," which she read at the recent inauguration...opinionJanuary 28, 2021
Lighting up the 'midnight' of our current society"It is midnight within the social order." Martin Luther King Jr. said this in a 1967 sermon called "A Knock at Midnight." He based it on a passage from the 11th chapter of the Gospel of Luke, where Jesus asks: "Which of you who has a friend will go to him at midnig...opinionJanuary 19, 2021
The toll of violenceIn preparation for Election Day, Manhattan businesses boarded up in case violence erupted if Donald Trump won reelection. They had seen or already experienced destruction during the summer, when George Floyd's and other Black people's death at the hands -- or knees...opinionJanuary 16, 2021
The peril of false idolsOn the morning of Jan. 5, a bestselling Christian author posted a picture of the Egyptian Coptic martyrs who were beheaded on a beach in Libya in 2015. Above the photo, the author asked: "What price are you willing to pay for what you believe in?" That's an excelle...opinionJanuary 6, 2021
Here's to new life in the new yearThe current president of Planned Parenthood is unafraid to use the word "abortion." In a Christmas-season interview with The Washington Post, Alexis McGill Johnson scolded those who would downplay the importance of abortion in her organization's work. She says it i...Don't miss the news !Get our daily emails with the latest news
