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On the eve of the midterms, Democrats seem poised to enjoy a “blue wave.” But there’s still reason for the party to be anxious about its anticipated comeback.
In his path-breaking new biography of Eugene V. Debs, Shawn Gude looks back to a time when the left thought it had a chance to go mainstream.

They Want to Believe

A growing belief in the paranormal could be unsettling to many people. But young seekers may have something to teach formal religious institutions.
The Church’s just-war doctrine was always aimed at preventing war, not justifying it. Archbishop John Wester tells Heidi Schlumpf why all modern wars are immoral.
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In the wake of Trumpian destruction, Pope Leo's encyclical offers a model for rebuilding and repair.
Over the course of his life, Fr. Richard John Neuhaus surrendered grassroots political organizing for the company of the powerful.
"I started calling life with a terminal cancer patient 'the Sword of Damocles Life.' My wife and I lived under a constant threat, but not under constant assault."