Supporters of the electoral college are implicitly arguing that states with a higher percentage of white, non-Hispanic voters should choose who becomes president
Evangelicals have embraced Donald Trump, despite his obvious moral deficiencies. They do so not so much out of hypocrisy, as out of a sense of being under siege.
For me prayer is concrete, a form of work. Politicians, though, have a different job, and in the wake of mass shootings, they have a duty to take action.
Endless military adventurism abroad and wasteful spending at home has made the United States weaker, not stronger. We need to make better use of the federal budget.
A new book proposes the abolition of life sentences. But meaningful criminal justice reform requires greater clarity about the nature and purpose of prison time.
Making real progress toward racial justice requires the input of all Americans, including the so-called ‘privileged’ side. We need alliances, not recriminations.
The first Democratic debates featured a flawed format. The progressive vision of Sanders and Warren set the tone, but Harris, Buttigieg, and Castro also stood out.
The case of the Central Park Five shows that the legal profession needs reform. It must do more to hold itself accountable when it reaches provably unjust verdicts.
The thread running Michael Brendan Dougherty’s book is the author’s spiritual development, which culminates in the discovery of his own vocation as a father.
Most states do not support raising the minimum wage to fifteen dollars per hour. But both economic reasoning and Catholic social teaching support the idea.
A lot of people fancy themselves history buffs, obsessing over names, dates, and numbers. But facts aren’t narratives. And history can’t be learned from a phone.
The Greek-military historian Victor Davis Hanson attempts to paint Donald Trump as a tragic hero, but his analysis neglects the real meaning of Aristotle’s term.
To understand the contradictions of the Trump era, look no further than West Virginia. Once solidly pro-union and democratic, the state risks forgetting its past.
American antitrust policymakers and judges have let large firms stifle competition. Tim Wu, a "neo-Brandeisian," thinks the time has come to fight back.
A primer on New York’s recently enacted Reproductive Health Act, which goes beyond Roe in its insistence on the unlimited right to do with one’s body as one pleases
As Donald Trump prepares to deliver the State of the Union address, we should recall that he bears a large share of blame for the divided state of the nation
A mark of our barbarous times has been a decades-long obsession with cutting taxes, exemplified most recently by the GOP bill signed into law one year ago
As conservative media kicks up clouds of misinformation surrounding the Russia investigation, Robert Mueller continues his investigation with quiet dignity
Amazon, a company too big and wealthy to have any just claim to public money, has made an art form of subsidizing corporate expansion with taxpayer funding
The shooter’s violent, antisemitic rage not only missed the heart of the Gospel, but also made it that much harder for anyone to go on believing that it’s true
Why, despite advances in productivity, are so many of us still working such long hours at jobs that seem like they could disappear without anyone noticing?
