Thousands of people fleeing Middle East calamity zones are piling up at barricades on the borders of Europe.
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Will twelve percent of the United States gain a legal right to assisted suicide tomorrow?
Tomorrow the State Assembly of the state of California may very well pass a bill to make assisted suicide legal for its 38+ million residents.
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Of Many Things
Mr. Bush was onto something: While government has a role to play in the pursuit of the common good, our charitable and voluntary associations are similarly indispensable, and those who have a religious worldview have historically led the way.
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Unprecedented Refugee Crises Shocks Europe
“Borders are killing people,” said Jesuit Refugee Service Europe director Jean-Marie Carrière.
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Trigger Warning: On Not Looking at Dead Syrian Babies
Images of drowned babies washing ashore in Libya have circulated widely.
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BBC program highlights faith and humanity of Europe’s refugees
What we are seeing is a humanitarian disaster on a much larger scale than previously thought.
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The woman who couldn’t shake off 9/11’s dust
Not many people would have known who she was, but if you remember a particularly searing image from the tragic time of September 11, 2001, you would.
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Left turn ahead? Labour picks a new leader
The biggest talking point thus far is the remarkable popularity of Jeremy Corbyn, a veteran of the party’s left.
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The fate of Yonkers’ mayor and a federal housing plan: ‘Show Me a Hero,’ parts 3 and 4
David Simon and his team revel in the weeds of late 1980s housing policy.
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The Colombia peace process could use some help from Pope Francis
A meeting in Cuba with FARC offers some risks for Pope Francis, but his intervention—and blessing on the outcome of the peace process in Colombia—could be just the push negotiators need to finish the job and bring in an end to a conflict that has smoldered since 1964.