Exam contributes to “educational arms race” that disadvantages low-income students

nbsp This is the seventeenth entry in the Bible Junkies Online Commentary on the Acts of the Apostles This post examines a conflict between Hellenists and Hebraioi both groups of Jesus rsquo disciples divided on linguistic grounds and the choosing of seven to serve the needs of the Hellenists r

Activists in L.A. say high fees aren't about parking issues but shoring up the budget.

On Tuesday April 28 the U S Supreme Court heard oral arguments in Obergefell v Hodges a case that will decide whether the U S constitution requires states to license marriages between two people of the same sex and or requires states to recognize same-sex marriages performed out-of-state To a

Reacting to the tensions in Baltimore with an idiosyncratic approach to empathy

Scottish National Party leader Nicola Sturgeon emerges as most striking campaign personality

Francis defends Serra against charges that he was cruel to native peoples.

In the Wall Street Journal, Josh Mandel argues persuasively for the virtues of shop class.

The tensions between NYC police officers and protesters were very apparent.

Ahead of the Tony Awards this weekend, a look at the state of the American musical

Three days after his city was rocked by civil unrest that began as a young man who died while in police custody was laid to rest, Baltimore Archbishop William Lori was pondering how the local church could respond to the crisis in the city’s streets.

The XIV Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops on the Family will meet this year in Rome from Oct. 4 to 25 to continue the work that the Extraordinary Synod began in October of 2014. Follow America's news coverage and analysis here.Analysis from America:Results of Family Synod Su

Time is running out for victims of Nepal's earthquake, who are suffering because aid cannot reach them, said Bishop Paul Simick of Nepal."The biggest challenge now is the time factor. All of us have to rush to reach out to the victims. It's already too late," Bishop Simick told Cat

Two priests were elected as candidates to be bishops of two Catholic dioceses in the Province of Henan the birthplace of Chinese civilization in central China They were chosen in closely supervised elections on April 28 and 29 and must now obtain approval from the State-sanctioned Bishops rsquo

In 1999 in Italy a rape conviction was overtruned because victim wore “very, very tight jeans.”

This week residents of Baltimore protested both police brutality and poverty conditions in mostly black inner-city neighborhoods Also the burrito chain Chipotle enormously popular as a slightly more expensive option than poor-folk McDonald rsquo s announced it would limit its use of ingredients

Caritas aid missions are reporting that villages in remote areas of Nepal have been utterly devastated by the earthquake Speaking from Pokhari danda in Gorkha 15 km from the epicentre Stefen Teplan of Caritas Germany said ldquo Sixty percent of the village is destroyed More than food and water

Rome's immigrants, poor, elderly and marginalized will be getting VIP treatment.