There’s been startling growth in the number the nation’s homeless children in recent years.
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Today H.I.V. remains the world’s leading infectious killer, taking 1.5 million lives last year.
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The Tyranny of Talk
Francis has rarely been more plainspoken than when talking about the ‘terrorism of gossip.’
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‘America’ partners with NBC News for special profile on Chicago’s incoming Archbishop Blase Cupich
New York N Y November 14 2014 ndash nbsp Father Matt Malone S J president of America announced today that America has partnered with NBC News and Ann Curry for a special profile on Archbishop-designate Blase Cupich as he becomes the new Archbishop of Chicago nbsp The extended segment wi
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Learning the News: Media literacy for the modern age
How can we teach the news reading skills that are essential to responsible citizenship?
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American voters say the next Congress’s top priority should be to fix itself.
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Glasnost as Verb: To Open A Wall
Vantage Point 1989: 25 years after the fall of the Berlin Wall, a look back at the editors’ take on ‘the momentous implications of Nov. 9.’
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Seven years later, justice for 14 Iraqis killed by American private security contractors.
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Encountering Islam: How can Catholics elevate interfaith dialogue?
Pope Francis’ trip to Turkey at the end of November comes at a critical time and place in the history of Christian-Muslim relations. Bordering Iraq and Syria, Turkey has in recent months been inundated with refugees fleeing the advance of Islamic State militants. The Christian presence in the Middle East has been on the decline […]
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Pope Paul VI: 1963-1978
Following the beatification of Pope Paul VI, we reprint this editorial on his life and legacy that originally appeared in America on Aug. 19, 1978.Each pope in the history of the church has brought to the special challenges of his era his own special gifts of intellect and spirit. The hist