Today President Obama and Pope Francis met for the first time. John Carr discusses what the two leaders could learn from each other.

The Republican Party got some free mdash and inadvertent mdash rebranding advice this month from the Congressional Budget Office First the CBO estimated that the Affordable Care Act would eventually cause beneficiaries to reduce work hours by the equivalent of 2 million full-time jobs And thi

On January 28 President Barack Obama delivered his fifth State of the Union address in which he outlined a progressive agenda for the year to come The president spoke on the need for immigration reform educational advancement furthering services to our armed forces and injured veterans providin

Latest (Un)Conventional Wisdom from Robert D. Sullivan

House Republicans released a one-page set of “standards for immigration reform” during their annual retreat in Cambridge, Md., on Jan. 29. Bishop Eusebio Elizondo, M.Sp.S., auxiliary bishop of Seattle and chairman of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Committee on Migration,

It rsquo s usually simplistic to think of an American political party as having a clear agenda for congressional elections Typically both parties are fine with candidates doing whatever works to win the handful of competitive districts The announcement of the Republican Party rsquo s ldquo Cont

Faith-based organizations encouraged by President Obama's focus on poverty and immigration.

The reviews for President Obama rsquo s State of the Union address are as expected mdash the adjectives ldquo small-bore rdquo and ldquo small-ball rdquo need to be retired for the rest of the century mdash and one New York congressman has learned how dangerous it is to make news right after

A round up of live tweets from (Un)Conventional Wisdom blogger Robert D. Sullivan during last night's State of the Union Address

New York was the biggest loser of American citizens from 2012 to 2013 according to Census Bureau data released on Thursday The state had 104 470 more people moving to other states than moving in more than offsetting its net gain of 101 778 from international migration Texas gained the most pick