About two-thirds of people born in the United States live in their own homes. Immigrants also have a strong record of homeownership: About half of the 42.3 million foreign-born people in our nation live in their own homes.
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How I honored the memory of my mother by shopping at Nordstrom
Every year, my sister and I take the anniversary of each of our parents’ deaths off and spend it together. We go to the cemetery and to Mass, and gather the memories and the mourning into our arms and hearts for one more year.
Posted inLast Take, Politics & Society
Why more data is needed when reporting on Latinos in the criminal justice system
Latino men born in 2001 have a 1-in-6 chance of ending up in prison, compared to a 1-in-17 chance for non-Latino white men.
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How Pope Francis carries on Martin Luther King Jr.’s legacy of Christian nonviolence
“For Christians, nonviolence is not merely tactical behavior but a person’s way of being.”
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The great (and tragic) comedy of going to confession
If you cannot laugh at the ignominy of whispering your wretched little sins through a screen, then when will you laugh?
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Can a parent’s perspective aid our understanding of Scripture?
I recoil when I read autobiographical explanations of someone else’s work. But not in these cases.
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What you don’t know about Loyola’s Sister Jean
You have likely seen the profiles, the gifs, the memes, the television spots. But there is much that you have not seen.
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Sorry, Mr. Trudeau. We won’t ‘just check the box.’
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his advisors are misreading the Charter of Rights and Freedoms, which is supposed to protect citizens from being intimidated by the government. It is not intended to intimidate citizens.
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How do you outwit a troll? Spread a little love.
Many of us have learned the hard way that “L.G.B.T.” is a trigger for some Catholics to become very un-Christian.
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How can Easter remind us of our true relationship with Jesus?
As followers of Jesus, we believe, as do a long line of his followers, that he rose from the dead on that first Easter Sunday.