Collapsing Catholic Charity

Alexandra DeSanctis investigates the social trends within the Catholic Church with regards to charitable giving, prompted by a new report on “Generosity Inside and Outside the Church,” by Drs. Christian Smith and Brian Starks.

Is A University Education Worth It?

Is A University Education Worth It?

Tim Bradley continues his series on the cost of attending college. In this piece, he evaluates the financial investment of college and the importance of stressing the original purpose of higher education.

Predictors of Sustainable Peace

Predictors of Sustainable Peace

Patrick Lyon reports on a Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies hosted discussion on Sustainable Peace — a discussion on effective governing to sustain peace without direct violence.

What Is This Costing You?

What Is This Costing You?

Tim Bradley does some investigative reporting and examines the cost of attendance at the University of Notre Dame in comparison to other elite institutions across the country that have seen dramatically increasing costs of attendance.

The Civil Rights Movement and Politics Today

The Civil Rights Movement and Politics Today

Biographer discusses MLK’s legacy, contemporary impact

Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Taylor Branch presented the lecture “Myths and Miracles From the King Years” on Tuesday, October 1 at the Law School. The talk was part of the Notre Dame Center for Arts and Culture’s year-long series, “Africana World.”

Branch began his talk by discussing his upbringing in Atlanta, Georgia, calling himself a “white Southerner who grew up in the middle of it all.” His roots inspired him to study the Civil Rights Movement and become a biographer of Martin Luther King, Jr.