The risk of nuclear war is higher now than it has been since the Cuban Missile Crisis. Catholic principles of just peace can move us back from the brink.
In Burma and Thailand, humble faith-based organizations respond to a humanitarian crisis borne of civil war, a devastating earthquake, and Trump’s foreign-assistance cuts.
Lent is a season of reflection—but also a season to prepare for the work ahead, to sweep aside everything that has not worked and find new ways through the desert.
Trump and Vance display a profound failure to understand the hidden strengths of democracies—and the weaknesses of the authoritarian regimes they hope to emulate.
Far outside the political spotlight on elite universities, community-college students across America are learning the skills of democratic participation.
As Republican elected officials dodge their own voters, some Democrats are trying to fill the gap—but they’ll need a lot more than “People’s Town Halls” to win back trust.
Lee Zeldin’s agenda at the EPA matches the Trump administration’s broader approach: kneecap the government, and then complain that it doesn’t run well.
Modern progressivism suffers from three prejudices, each woven into our understanding of key values: equality, toleration, individual freedom, and scientific advancement.
The partial solutions of Biden’s economic program fell short of a foundation for a new social contract. But turning the page on Bidenism would be a mistake.
From family separations to border walls to mass deportations, anti-immigrant vitriol has been at the heart of Donald Trump’s political career. It must be resisted at every step.
The Trump administration hopes not only to deport migrants, but also to make them feel so unsafe they no longer participate actively in our communities.
