City planners are increasingly alarmed by two trends: a growing shortage of affordable housing and a nationwide decline in public transit ridership.
The Editors
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The Editors: The Supreme Court punted on the wedding cake case—and gave the country an opportunity
This decision offers Catholics—and indeed all Americans—a welcome opportunity to step away from the trenches of the culture war.
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The Creeping Normalcy of School Shootings
Apparently, just about everything contributes to gun mayhem in the United States—but not the 300 million guns themselves.
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America’s editors on Irish abortions and the separation of family at the border
The news from Ireland and the United States reminds us of Herod, of Pharaoh. What culture betrays its children?
Posted inEditorials, Faith
Closing parishes is painful—but there’s a better way to do it.
There is no way to meet the present challenge without a significant degree of real loss. But that does not mean these decisions have to be pitched as zero-sum battles.
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Trump and the Art of the Nuclear Deal
Beyond relations with Iran and North Korea, the way Mr. Trump is wielding economic and military power will come with collateral costs.
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Why aren’t we paying attention to Puerto Rico?
Police fired tear gas and pepper spray at thousands of U.S. citizens. The demonstrations received little news coverage. That is because the protests did not happen in Oklahoma or West Virginia but in Puerto Rico.
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The Editors: Native Americans deserve tribal recognition
The Trump administration shows a lack of respect for the sovereignty of Native American nations.
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Legalizing abortion would betray Ireland’s future
The United States can offer this nation’s own grim legacy on abortion as an ominous warning to the Irish people.
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The Editors: End civil forfeiture without due process
Wisconsin is the 15th state to at least put limits on seizures. Other states should follow suit.