Monday's News & Ideas - 8/16/2021

Cardinal Burke is placed on ventilator days after testing positive for COVID-19
Religion News Service: The conservative cardinal, a vaccine skeptic, announced that he had tested positive for COVID-19 on Aug. 10.

Cornel West on why the left needs Jesus*
The Atlantic: The famous professor has found himself out of step with cancel culture and the search for political purity among progressives.

‘The most segregated hour’: one woman’s quest to promote dialogue between Black and white Christians
The Guardian: Latasha Morrison has made it her mission to help Christians of different races talk about racial justice – and maybe even form genuine friendships

Supreme Court rejects challenge to Indiana University’s vaccine mandate
National Catholic Reporter: The Supreme Court announced Aug. 12 that it will not hear an appeal from a group of students at Indiana University who are opposed to the university’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate.

Long-haul COVID offers a reminder to the church of the need to be more accessible to those living with disabilities
Baptist News Global: In the wake of COVID-19, some individuals who are diagnosed with “long COVID” are experiencing the reality of disability as they face symptoms that restrict their ability to move through life without limitations.

The Spark

America runs on ‘dirty work’ and moral inequality
Like the essential jobs performed by grocery clerks and other low-wage workers during the COVID-19 pandemic, “dirty work”* sustains our lifestyles and undergirds the prevailing social order, but privileged people are generally spared from having to think about it, The New York Times says.

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