by Joao Chaves | Sep 3, 2021 | News
Demographic and social trends show that our increasingly diverse world will continue to become more complex. In the U.S., 70% of the largest cities are more racially and ethnically diverse today than they were 10 years ago. For example, in Louisville, Kentucky, from...
by Joao Chaves | Jul 2, 2020 | Opinion
Education in the U.S. has a special place in the minds of people around the world. The resources of U.S. schools are a major reason for the way in which they capture the imagination of foreigners like me. Access to large, well-staffed libraries, exposure to...
by Joao Chaves | Jun 17, 2020 | Opinion
I am looking at my bookshelves as I write this. The books that were required for my seminary training are arranged in particular shelves, easy to find. If these books were people standing in my living room, I would be surrounded by dozens of white men and two...
by Joao Chaves | May 12, 2020 | Opinion
Donald Trump and Jair Bolsonaro are among the world leaders who minimized the dangers of COVID-19. In the United States, President Trump continued to downplay the novel coronavirus in January and February, even as the threat the virus posed was continuously emphasized...
by Joao Chaves | Apr 1, 2020 | Opinion
Palm Sunday, the traditional day of the celebration of Jesus’ triumphal entry into Jerusalem, presents us with an image of Jesus entering Jerusalem being celebrated by a large crowd who praised him as “he who comes in the name of the Lord” (Matthew 21:1-11). In my...
