On November 18, the Acton Institute awarded its Faith and Freedom Award to Jimmy Lai, the outspoken Catholic dissident who has dedicated his Hong Kong-based media empire to exposing Chinese repression.

At the age of 13, Jimmy Lai escaped China to experience freedom in Hong Kong and grew to be one of Hong Kong’s highest-profile media moguls. Through his work, Lai founded the anti-Beijing newspaper Apple Daily and became an outspoken critic of the People’s Republic of China, solidifying him as one of Hong Kong’s most important pro-democracy voices.

In this Acton Lecture Series program from December 3rd, 2020, founder of the Grand Rapids Center for Community Transformation Justin Beene addressed the topic of transformational leadership in a time of crises. Today’s “new normal” demands authentic leaders who are grounded and yet reflective. Many of us go through life without a rhythm of both reflecting and discerning.

In July 2018, Brett Kavanaugh was nominated to the Supreme Court. While it was clear he wouldn’t be confirmed without a fight, the ferocious campaign to discredit him eclipsed even the Bork hearings. Nevertheless, the embattled nominee emerged victorious and was narrowly confirmed an Associate Justice in October.

On June 27, 2018, the Supreme Court issued its 5-4 decision in favor of Mark Janus in Janus v. American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees. This landmark case was a victory for first amendment rights, ruling that government employees can no longer be compelled to pay union fees as a condition of working in public service.

Rev. Robert Sirico, president and co-founder of the Acton Institute, reflects on the notion that we have freedom, not to do just what we want, but to do what we ought. What does this mean during a time of global pandemic?

What sort of innovation, rather than government intervention, can come from the current crisis? What sort of long-term changes might we see in medicine and education? Rev. Robert Sirico, president and co-founder of the Acton Institute, shares his views on what may come.

Rev. Robert Sirico joined Neil Cavuto on Fox Business' Cavuto: Coast to Coast with a reminder for this Easter: we will emerge from the coronavirus pandemic soon, and we can use this quarantine time to appreciate our relationships.

Rev. Robert Sirico, the president and co-founder of the Acton Institute, discusses the balance between preserving public health and staving off economic collapse on EWTN's The World Over with Raymond Arroyo.

Rev. Robert A. Sirico closes Acton University 2019 with a plenary address, urging participants to take what they have learned at the conference and integrate it into their lives and work, and tells the story of how he came to embrace the idea of the free and virtuous society.

Jonah Goldberg discusses the problems brought about for the West by the resurgence of nationalism, populism, and identity politics in a plenary address at Acton University 2019 in Grand Rapids, Michigan.

Mari-Ann Kelam was raised in the United States by Estonian parents who had survived World War II only to find their homeland occupied by the Soviet Union at the end of the war. She grew up with an acute appreciation for the Estonian language, culture, and people and served as Vice President of the Estonian American National Council during the last years of the Soviet Empire. In this role she lobbied Congress and U.S.