TJP interviews documentary filmmaker Sandra Pfeifer and Joseph A. Brown SJ about the 1917 riots, its legacy, and the hope for East St. Louis today.
Posts in Current Events
#MeToo
How do we best respond to stories of harassment?
If You Want to Restore Our Politics, Love the Poor
How the poor can save America from its current, toxic political environment.
‘Blade Runner’: What Does It Mean to be Human?
Could Blade Runner 2049 give us insight into what it means to be human and alive? Colten Biro, SJ, explores.
I Shouldn’t Have to Feel Guilty
Why do we avoid talking about guilt in conversations about justice?
Pro-Life Means Pro-Woman
How often is abortion just another way men control women?
What’s in a Statue?
Christopher Columbus is a symbol, but is he also a distraction from more important issues?
Growing Up Undocumented
How can an encounter change what laws and walls cannot?
Tales of the Second City
How can listening to first-hand stories help heal the harmful divisions in cities like Chicago?
SLU at 200
Is there still a place for Jesuit education in the 21st century?