School choice does not mean abandoning the commitment to the common good exemplified by the Catholic school system.
Editorials
Posted inEditorials, Politics & Society
Donald Trump’s wall is a pro-life issue, too.
President Trump’s actions in defense of the unborn are welcome, his proposals for immigration reform are ill conceived and divisive.
Posted inEditorials, Politics & Society
A hasty Obamacare repeal would be ‘devastating’ for the poor
By following through on their promise to repeal “Obamacare” immediately, Republican lawmakers and the new Trump administration are engaging in reckless political theater.
Posted inEditorials, Politics & Society
Americans are having fewer kids. Are housing costs to blame?
It is clearly more difficult to raise children in a nurturing environment without housing security.
Posted inEditorials, Politics & Society
President Trump’s Dangerous Nationalism
“America First” is a serious threat to the international solidarity that lasting peace and justice require.
Posted inEditorials, Politics & Society
The United States must end its exceptional tolerance of landmines
Today thousands of civilians worldwide are maimed or killed each year by these indiscriminate weapons of war.
Posted inEditorials, Faith
Religious education is broken. It’s time to fix our Sunday school culture.
When choosing to believe is more and more a revolutionary act, religious education must do much more than hand on the basic tenets of the faith.
Posted inEditorials, Politics & Society
Better public transit is a national imperative
The “transportation prison” is trapping more and more people in the United States.
Posted inEditorials, Faith
Celebrating Christmas isn’t always easy. That’s the point.
To those who lived in that world of fear, it must have seemed absurd that an infant would be the answer to their fear.
Posted inEditorials, Politics & Society
Our appetite for fake news does real harm to U.S. democracy
Our appetite for fake news does real harm to U.S. democracy