Women at Texas migrant detention center staged hunger strike to improve conditions

Serving refugees, immigrants and the poor in Houston for 35 years

The U.S. government April 8 deported retired Salvadoran Gen. Carlos Eugenio Vides Casanova, a former director of the Salvadoran national guard, to El Salvador.In early 2014, the U.S. Department of Justice issued a deportation order for Casanova and retired Salvadoran Gen. Jose Guillermo Garcia, the

“It was fun!” That was my graduate students’ assessment of the historic colloquium "The Preferential Option for Culture in Latino/a Theology" held on March 26, 2015 at Loyola University Chicago. They were Latin@s, U.S. born and raised, and immigrant Latin Americans, laity

New Census Bureau data reveal where people are moving—and why.

Ten percent of all water used in the entire state is dedicated to almond growing.

Prisoners’ RightsRe “Peace and Toilet Paper” (Editorial, 3/23): When we incarcerate people, we deprive them not only of their freedom, but of rights that you and I take for granted. Many well-meaning citizens have told me that when someone commits a crime, they give up all their ri

General could be deported from U.S. for war crimes during El Salvador civil war

Organizing for the World Meeting of Families and the visit by Pope Francis to Philadelphia in September has taken a major step forward with the announcement of the 15 committees and leadership charged with spearheading operations in hospitality, liturgy, volunteers and more.Executives for the events

Economic hardship requires regional, state and national responses.