President Trump has undermined the constitutional order to a degree unprecedented in modern U.S. history, which prompts the editors of this review to register this unprecedented warning.
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The Editors: In our divided nation, Christians can be models of unity
The church can be an instrument of reunion, bringing together the voices of individual citizens and ushering a Christian sense of unity into the public square.
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The Editors: The U.S. mail offers a safe, simple way to vote in a pandemic
We need the patience to let election officials do their jobs by checking ballots.
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Editorial: The Supreme Court can’t solve all our moral disputes. It shouldn’t try.
The court is functioning less as a judicial body than as a relief valve for legislative dysfunction and executive overreach.
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The pandemic and Black Lives Matter protests have shown that Americans still care about the common good. Do our civic leaders?
If the pandemic and the swell of protests have shown that Americans are still capable of heeding the call of their better angels, it has also exposed the flaws and deficiencies of our political leadership.
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The Supreme Court saved DACA. Now Congress needs to act.
Congress must stop passing the buck to the courts and do the work of passing a just immigration law.
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Editorial: L.G.B.T. discrimination protections are not a catastrophe for Catholicism.
As with the Obergefell decision, this ruling also affords the church an opportunity to reimagine its public witness.
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To fight racism, Catholics must hunger for justice like we do for the Eucharist
Here are five ways for Catholics to deepen their commitment to working against racism.
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The nation needs to mourn what—and who—have been lost.
We should not forget to mourn as the country begins to decide how to most prudently restart life.
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The Editors: Joe Biden should open his personal files
In the absence of irrefutable evidence, the public response has fallen, as with so much else in this era of polarization, along partisan lines.