Ever-thinner women and toned men are held up in the media to devastating effect.
The Editors
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Among Schoolchildren
A majority of students in the nation’s public schools are now growing up in poverty.
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The late Rev. Richard McBrien said he didn’t “hold things back.” We are richer for it.
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Catholic Book Club Archives
From 1928 to 2003, the Catholic Book Club worked as a subscription service where America partnered with publishers to mail books to CBC readers. A (more or less) comprehensive list of 75 years worth of selections can be found here.
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State of the Family
Affordable child care and paid medical leave are pro-life issues.
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Current Comment
What we can learn from the complicated legacy and canonization of Junípero Serra
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Current Comment
In 2014 state legislatures and courts made record reforms to solitary confinement.
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Liberté
Set restraints on speech through civic consensus, not government or religious edict
Posted inVantage Point
Cuba Sí, Castro No!
Time has accomplished what a U.S.-supported invasion, a crushing economic embargo, the collapse of the Soviet Union and any number of external and internal catastrophes could not: the removal of Fidel Castro from direct control over the people of Cuba. Suffering from failing health, Castro has final
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In the Service of the Word: Catholic Media and the New Evangelization
On Saturday December 13 representatives from five publications discussed the role of the Catholic media in the new evangelization at a conference at St. Joseph's Seminary in Yonkers, N.Y. Sponsored by America and St. Joseph's, the gathering features presentations by the editors of America, t