Today, a single atom bomb dropped on a major city would immediately kill hundreds of thousands.
The Editors
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Foreign aid for family planning should be about much more than birth control.
American women are having fewer children than at any other time on record.
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Debates are rare chances to see candidates outside their bubbles.
We are anxious to find out whether the candidates can engage in the give-and-take with journalists that is essential in a functioning democracy.
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The U.S. can and must do more to respond to the Syrian refugee crisis.
On Aug. 29, the Obama administration welcomed the 10,000th Syrian refugee.
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Why we need to reject ‘tough on crime’ rhetoric
The politics of fear are stalling much needed criminal justice reform.
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How to Remember 9/11 Today
This week Christopher Pramuk, a professor of theology at Xavier University, ponders raising his young son in a post-9/11 world. Together with Pramuk, Kevin Clarke and Matt Malone, S.J., discuss how American lives have been spiritually, culturally and psychologically altered by the tragedy.
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America Media lanza columna en español
Siguiendo el modelo de la célebre columna de America “The Word”, “La Palabra” será la primera publicación de America en español.
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Who watches the watchmen?
When Apple refused to help the F.B.I. hack into the iPhone of a shooter in the attack last December in San Bernardino, both sides claimed their actions defended the common good. Apple warned that intentionally breaking their own software would put the safety and privacy of millions of thei
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Minimum wage hikes have mixed effects, and they shouldn’t be our only focus.
Perhaps the E.I.T.C. needs a slogan as catchy as “Fight for $15.”
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Prison reform advocates were encouraged by the D.O.J. decision.
The news was big, the numbers behind it less so: The federal government announced it will end its use of private prisons, having deemed them less safe and less effective than government-run facilities. This is welcome news to those who are hoping for prison reform, yet the total number of facilities