The willingness to rush the border fence despite the I.D.F.’s overwhelming firepower is a testimony to the despair of the people living in Gaza.
Kevin Clarke
Kevin Clarke is America’s chief correspondent and the author of Oscar Romero: Love Must Win Out (Liturgical Press).
Posted inDispatches, Politics & Society
The dizzying pace of improved relations is a welcome surprise in South Korea
Developments on the Korean peninsula have inspired a degree of shock and awe in diplomatic circles.
Posted inDispatches, Faith
Catholics are hit with a global wave of violence during ‘Black April’
In April scores have died in a series of attacks and assassinations in Mexico, the Philippines and Nigeria. Catholics at prayer during Mass have been targeted in a number of attacks.
Posted inDispatches, Politics & Society
Archbishop Wenski: Ending T.P.S. will disrupt immigrant lives and communities
More than 200,000 Salvadorans, the largest T.P.S. community, “would be far too many people for the country to absorb,” said Archbishop Wenski, pointing out that the virtual control of entire communities by drug and extortion gangs mean that El Salvador remains a perilous place for many.
Posted inFeatures, Politics & Society
Alfie’s last days: a little boy’s life and death stoked a furious debate that will not soon end
End-of-life disputes can be complicated and nuanced and require a sober understanding of the underlying medical technicalities and ethical concerns.
Posted inDispatches, Politics & Society
El Salvador court reopens investigation of 1989 Jesuit massacre
A human rights attorney in the United States believes that the upcoming canonization of Blessed Oscar Romero in October has been a factor in a decision to revisit the 1989 Jesuit massacre at the University of Central America.
Posted inNews Analysis, Politics & Society
Can the new push for gun control change the way (and whether) guns are stored in the home?
The desire for stronger gun control may not translate into more caution with gun storage among owners of firearms.
Posted inPolitics & Society, Short Take
Can students of the Parkland massacre make a difference in U.S. gun debate?
This time the victims themselves are not having it. From the moment the first shots rang out, they captured the horror and broadcast it, forced the nation to confront it and talk about it.
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Trump’s budget proposal rejected by U.S. church leaders
To the consternation of humanitarian, health and civic activists, the budget proposal includes deep cuts or restructuring of international aid and social service programs.
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A crisis of legitimacy continues in Honduras
Father Moreno described the Hernández government as an authoritarian regime tilting toward a dictatorship. “It is a government that represents a threat to freedom of expression. It is a threat to defenders of human rights, and it is a government that threatens the fundamental rights of Honduran citizens.”