Does the truth matter anymore? Mary Emily Briehl Duba argues, not only does the truth matter, but telling the truth is the first necessary step toward facing well the numerous crises of our day, from a global pandemic to climate change.

Featuring Mary Emily Briehl Duba, Assistant Professor of Theology at the University of Dubuque

Interviewer, Annalee R. Ward, Director of the Wendt Character Initiative at the University of Dubuque

For more on this topic, read Mary Emily Briehl Duba’s article “Does the Truth Matter? Truth-Telling as Resistance and Hope in a Post-Truth Era,” which appeared in Character and . . . Transitions, volume 7 of the Wendt Center for Character Education’s annual journal, Character and . . . .

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