The citizens of Maine quietly approved an unorthodox way of electing people to office.
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Amid larger migrant plight, unaccompanied children and teens face unique dangers
The plight of these children and teens highlights the growing problem of unaccompanied child migrants throughout Europe.
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Why Pope Francis updated the beatitudes
Blessed are those who look into the eyes of the abandoned and marginalized and show them their closeness.
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Obama offers a welcome opportunity for de-escalation in Dakota pipeline stand-off
Americans might be forgiven if they thought they had put the great pipeline wars behind them with the abandonment of the giant Keystone XL.
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Pregnancy centers should be able to operate without government interference.
What does it mean, as a medical provider, to participate in a procedure that you find morally objectionable?
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Free (Hate) Speech on Facebook
It is surprising to see Mark Zuckerberg employ a moral defense of free speech.
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Renewable energy: Ready for primetime?
The construction of an oil pipeline under a river that supplies drinking water to the Standing Rock Sioux tribe has created a 19th-century-style showdown over territorial lands and treaty rights.
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Louisiana’s spiteful marriage law is good for nothing but stigmatizing refugees
“We don’t want terrorists obtaining green cards and citizenship through marriage.”
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The Holy See should not abandon Taipei, even for better relations with Beijing.
Despite its functional independence, Taiwan is still regarded in Beijing as a renegade province.
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How the heir apparent of white nationalism left the movement
Derek Black was royalty among U.S. white nationalists.