by Miguel A. De La Torre | May 17, 2019 | Opinion
Editor’s note: This article first appeared on Jan. 4, 2006. De La Torre was director of the Justice & Peace Institute and associate professor of social ethics at Iliff School of Theology in Denver at the time of publication. It is republished today on the 65th...
by Miguel A. De La Torre | Mar 25, 2013 | Opinion
Multiple studies reveal that our current U.S. legal system negatively impacts communities of color. A disproportionate number of people of color face both prison time and capital punishment. According to a 2011 report by the U.S. Department of Justice, 67.8 percent of...
by Miguel A. De La Torre | Mar 7, 2013 | Opinion
One of the unexamined assumptions of the Christian faith is a theology based on hope. And yet, I find hope problematic because among the disenfranchised, the ultra-poor, the least of the least, I discover an ethos where hope is not apparent. Over the past several...
by Miguel A. De La Torre | Nov 1, 2012 | Opinion
In 2004, the American Red Cross charged the U.S. military with intentionally using psychological and physical coercion tantamount to torture at the U.S. naval base in Guantánamo (Gitmo). Prisoners there were: chained in uncomfortable positions for up to 24 hours and...
by Miguel A. De La Torre | Sep 19, 2012 | Opinion
Any conversation dealing with meat eating is geared to the minority of the world’s population who can afford to be carnivorous. In order to maintain a U.S. diet, more than 9 billion livestock must be maintained to supply the animal protein consumed each year in...
