The illegal occupation came at the end of a year during which Ireland has seen record numbers forced onto the streets.
Politics & Society
Posted inDispatches, Politics & Society
Donald Trump has some choice words for a wind farm that spoils his view in Scotland
President-elect Trump took rhetorical swings at Scotland’s first minister as a wind farm threatens to ruin the view from in Aberdeen.
Posted inOpinion, Politics & Society
The politics of abortion will get more complicated in 2017
Activists do not yet seem to have developed plans for engaging voters on the opposing side.
Posted inDispatches, Faith
Pope Francis calls on the world’s governments for peace and an openness to refugees
Migrants and refugees must be given a dignified welcome, the pope said in his New Year’s message.
Posted inIn All Things, Politics & Society
Staring at the white Jesus in Dylann Roof’s prison journal
I haven’t heard much from Jesus lately. But today I saw him, sketched in pencil by the hand of a mass murderer.
Posted inDispatches, Politics & Society
Ending the death penalty is closer than you think
Just five states, Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Missouri and Texas, accounted for all U.S. executions in 2016.
Posted inDispatches, Faith
Cardinal Tobin calls on Catholics to move away from ‘hot button’ issues
Cardinal Tobin said that Christians must be marked by their willingness to show “kindness to all: to the searching young and the forgotten elderly, to the stranger and the voiceless, to the powerful and the cynical.”
Posted inLast Take, Politics & Society
Women hold the keys to making Washington work again.
Do not expect a return to the days when comity could be coaxed with a little (or a lot) of bourbon and branch.
Posted inDispatches, Politics & Society
Should public water be owned by a private company? Canada is about to find out.
Canadians will have to confront a difficult question: Is water a common good or a private commodity?
Posted inPolitics & Society, Your Take
Your Take: Trump’s first 100 days
We asked our readers what issues should President-Elect Donald J. Trump focus on in his first 100 days as president.