For minority, first-generation and low-income students community college can be a ticket to the middle class.
The Editors
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The false alarm in Hawaii is a nuclear wake-up call for everyone.
The United States must develop both better warning systems and deterrence tactics.
Posted inEditorials, Faith
A Crisis of Catholic Women?
All the women who responded to this survey still identify themselves as Catholic, however far they may have strayed from a consistent practice of the faith they were raised in.
Posted inEditorials, Politics & Society
The Editors: The Work of the Women’s March Remains Undone
The march’s rallying call last January became even more poignant in the year that followed.
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Reject Trump’s racist language and get back to policy-making on immigration
President Trump’s latest outburst of intolerance, this time toward the citizens of Haiti and African nations, must not derail bipartisan efforts to protect Dreamers and bring some sanity to immigration policy.
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The Editors: The citizens of Honduras must fight for democracy, and we must stand with them
When a government tries to thwart the will of the people, it is a citizen’s duty to stand up and peacefully protest.
Posted inFaith, Podcasts
What’s it like during the first year of priesthood?
This week’s guest is Rev. Brendan Busse, S.J. Fr. Busse is associate pastor of Dolores Mission in Los Angeles and a contributing writer for America. We spoke to him about his most recent article, “The urgent, lonely, relevant, humbling, joyful, experience of being a newly ordained priest.” Fr. Busse, who wanted to be an architect […]
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The Editors: What we owe America’s farmworkers
U.S. agriculture is facing a silent crisis.
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The Editors: Children’s health insurance deserves more than life support from Congress
The willingness to use CHIP as a bargaining tactic highlight the misplaced priorities of the current congressional leadership.
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The Editors: Pope Francis needs to restore trust in response to sex abuse crisis
While Cardinal Law’s funeral is held at St. Peter’s, the church is still waiting for the formal renewal of the pope’s sex abuse commission. More transparency is needed to build trust in the church’s commitment to reform.