01 Dec 2017
Posted by David Whitaker 
Johnathon Short and Timothy Jones have a lot in common. Both are from Chicago’s South Side. Both consider themselves men of God. Short is a deacon and Jones a pastor at the same Baptist church. But in the ongoing debate over whether NFL football players should stand for the National Anthem,...
Read more → 01 Dec 2017
Posted by Chante'l Johnson 
With the controversy of kneeling for the national anthem at a fever pitch, it made me think about other people who never stood for the national anthem. For decades, religious groups such as the Jehovah’s Witnesses have never stood for the national anthem, and it has never caused the type of controversy...
Read more → 08 Nov 2017
Posted by Dr. Ahmed Lakhani 
By Dr. Ahmed Lakhani From May 1 to May 8, our fearless leader, Br. Jerry Schwieterman, and a group of Calumet College of St Joseph staff (Bobbie Tucker, Donald Kubacki), students (Elizabeth Sierra, Yesenia Zamora, Zain Lakhani (Dr. Ahmed Lakhani’s Nephew) and faculty (Dr. Ahmed Lakhani) traveled...
Read more → 28 Mar 2017
Posted by Brooke Osegueda 
You’ve heard of romantic love. Love between friends. But what about political love? “We’re going to talk about love as a form of politics,” says Kevin P. Considine, Assistant Professor of Theology at Calumet College of St. Joseph, who will lead a discussion called “Kick Butt or Turn the Other...
Read more → 19 Mar 2016
Posted by Tara Elmes 
Students from Professor Considine's Honors Social Justice course partner with SWSRA to better understand individuals with disabilitie But what began as a compulsory activity for their final project soon transformed into a project of passion that became very near to the students' hearts: "It...
Read more → 27 Feb 2016
Posted by Nilson Cano 
Some of Hollywood's biggest stars-- including Will Smith, George Clooney, Idris Elba and Mark Ruffalo, among others--have called for more diversity as the awards failed to nominate non-white performers in the four acting categories for the second consecutive year. Last year, the lack of non-white nominations...
Read more → 15 Oct 2014
Posted by Carlos Mota 
On August 9th, 2014, unarmed 18-year-old Michael Brown was shot and killed by a police officer in Ferguson, Missouri. During the days and weeks that followed Brown’s death, numerous peaceful protests against Police brutality and institutional racism took to the streets. Sadly, in time, a group of agitators,...
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