"About four in 10 delayed at least one thing like eating, paying bills or medical care or they required financial help—perhaps housing—from friends, family or other sources."

In a midtown subway station four silent women, bent over their smartphones, texted or read while an unconscious ragged man sprawled helpless at their feet. I checked to see if he was dead.

When many saw Catholics as untrustworthy citizens, Hamilton argued for their full inclusion as American citizens.

The assembly will be examining what is widely referred to as the Eighth Amendment, which gives effect to Ireland’s ban on abortion.

We are inclined to label “wolves,” who are so often the world’s most vulnerable and marginalized.

Sometimes Pope Francis’ actions are even more eloquent than his words.

In a country known for maple-syrupy trivialities and over-politeness, the idea that the U.S.-based campaign against police brutality could secure or even need a national foothold may come as a surprise.

'We have a pope who is casual, imprecise and a fan of hyperbole. That is a new, hard thing.'

Activists are demanding that the New York Senator take a stand against the Algonquin natural gas pipeline.

How can the church continue to sustain its ministries while bearing witness to the timeless truths of its teaching when its own employees do not accept them all?