This is a victory for the entire country, and the men and women who won office must now govern for the entire country.
Editorials
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Editorial: ‘Fratelli Tutti’ challenges the American way of life. Are we listening?
Francis reminds us that it is always people who suffer from these injustices: the poor, the disabled, women, racial minorities, migrants, refugees, the elderly, prisoners, the unborn, the lonely.
Posted inEditorials, Politics & Society
The Editors: Abortion is the real reason the Supreme Court is broken.
This nomination battle will be as contentious as any in history because it is the final payoff of the gamble large parts of the pro-life movement made in supporting Mr. Trump.
Posted inEditorials, Politics & Society
America magazine: Donald Trump is a unique threat to the Constitution
President Trump has undermined the constitutional order to a degree unprecedented in modern U.S. history, which prompts the editors of this review to register this unprecedented warning.
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The Editors: In our divided nation, Christians can be models of unity
The church can be an instrument of reunion, bringing together the voices of individual citizens and ushering a Christian sense of unity into the public square.
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The Editors on Hiroshima: The U.S. should repent of these crimes against God and man
Today we mark 75 years since the United States became the first nation in history to attack an enemy with an atomic bomb, leveling the city of Hiroshima and killing 140,000 people.
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The Editors: The U.S. mail offers a safe, simple way to vote in a pandemic
We need the patience to let election officials do their jobs by checking ballots.
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The Editors: Trump’s latest effort to restrict asylum seekers will not restore America’s greatness
The faithful must stand against measures that dehumanize asylum seekers and welcome immigrants among us.
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Editorial: The Supreme Court can’t solve all our moral disputes. It shouldn’t try.
The court is functioning less as a judicial body than as a relief valve for legislative dysfunction and executive overreach.
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The ministerial exception is good law—but no excuse for indiscriminate firing by Catholics
The editors of America have weighed in on these cases in previous editorials, which offer some helpful perspective.