Top 5: Immigration and citizenship
Plus, Fratelli tutti.
The top 5 articles for your week:
“Immigration and Citizenship” (Tablet)
Because this article has people talking and debating. We share it with you to have a think about the connections between immigration, citizenship, and climate change.
“Fratelli Tutti” (The Vatican)
Because this latest encyclical from Pope Francis applies the tenets of Catholic social teaching to 2020 and all that we are facing.
“A Fuller Picture of Artemisia Gentileschi” (The New Yorker)
Because for whatever reason, there’s some great writing lately on famous Italian painters, and this article provides a window into an emerging new consensus on how to view one of the Italian Renaissance’s few respected female artists.
“To Cure What Ails Us” (American Interest)
Because this article hits at a certain facet of American hyper-polarization that is very concerning: “Bartering over values, however, is a non-starter, and leads to intractable conflicts. And fights over incommensurate values often spring up as groups start manifesting separate identities.”
“Mothers’ Careers Are at Extraordinary Risk Right Now” (The Atlantic)
Because the statistics right now on those who are leaving the labor-force in droves (women) and those who are taking on the majority of child-care in the pandemic (women) is sounding the alarm for many analysts right now: for women with children who want to work, is the pandemic going to have long-term, detrimental effects on their ability to do so?
Image is of Pope Francis praying at the San Damaso courtyard in the Vatican. Image credit Filippo Monteforte/AFP/Getty.