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E.U. leaders cannot dismiss nationalist sentiment as a relic of the last century.

The U.N. Children’s Fund found that female genital cutting is more widespread than once thought.

Until cable companies are exposed to meaningful competition, we should not trust them to have consumer interests at heart.

Seen as a great human undertaking, astronomy becomes a pursuit very much worth our time, our money and our imagination.

The longevity gap also can exacerbate inequalities already present in society.

The problems with for-profit prisons are well documented.

It is no coincidence that this commission coincided with the start of the Lenten season.

Having the witness of survivors on the Vatican abuse commission is essential.

If the United Nations is not able to police its own ranks, how can it be trusted to restore a culture of lawfulness in the Central African Republic?

No one’s failures are absolved or explained away; they remain sins rather than being reduced to pathologies.