The consistent quality of Catholic schools attracted new students during the Covid pandemic. Now the challenge is to extend our mission and welcome more families in disadvantaged areas.
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I started working as an Afghan interpreter for the U.S. military at 16. My family still isn’t safe from the Taliban.
Though the families of former interpreters for the U.S. military are being targeted by the Taliban, there is still no established pathway for bringing them to the United States on a permanent basis.
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If we want to save the world from climate change, hope isn’t optional
Young people are feeling more anxious, uncertain, and often hopeless about the climate crisis than ever. But in order to make real progress, we have to move past those feelings and let ourselves hope.
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On abortion, a lasting political compromise might be impossible
Those who want to reduce or minimize abortion, as opposed to eliminating it, are in a more difficult political position.
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Abortion win in Kansas was a wake-up call for the pro-life movement
Abortion activists have been preparing for years for a battle like the one in Kansas. But pro-lifers may have been caught flat-footed, perhaps never really believing that Roe would fall.
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Cars kill almost as many Americans as guns. And we can do something about it.
Like gun violence, car-related violence is also a uniquely American problem.
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Jesus would have hung out in a dive bar—and not just to convert its patrons
A popular meme portrays Jesus as always judgmental, always making a sales pitch. But as a human being, he enjoyed friendship for its own sake.
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This doctor just gave the pro-life movement its post-Trump playbook
It is time for pro-lifers to abandon the nose-holding, smash the MAGA idol and find a different way.
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The International Space Station was a symbol of solidarity. Its impending doom should worry us.
I get the sense that a monumental moment in history “passed us by” this week when Russia announced on Tuesday that it would withdraw from the International Space Station before the end of the decade.
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Dear God, let me vote for someone younger than me before I die
I’m in my late 50s, but elections still make me feel like I’m supposed to shut up and let the grown-ups talk.