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Politics & SocietyDispatches
Michael J. O’Loughlin
Father Michael Pfleger led protestors up the Dan Ryan Expressway in Chicago.
Mass for Iraqi Christian refugees at Our Lady of Peace Center on the outskirts of the Jordanian capital, Amman, in January 2016. (CNS photo/Dale Gavlak) 
Politics & SocietyDispatches
Matthew Petti
Few of the refugees are interested in returning to Iraq. “Return to what?” asks one Chaldean-Assyrian refugee. He says that “Iraq is a Frankenstein, not a state” because of the persistent ethnic and sectarian divisions.
Pro-democracy lawmakers in Hong Kong react to the Legislative Council’s passage on June 14 of a bill giving China jurisdiction over a train station connecting the city to the mainland’s high-speed rail network. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)
Politics & SocietyDispatches
Hong Kong contributor
The heavy hand of Beijing in political and economic affairs has more people in Hong Kong exploring the possibility of escape.
Politics & SocietyDispatches
Kevin Clarke
The C.D.C. reports a 25 percent spike between 1999 and 2016 in the frequency of suicide across the country.
In this March 23, 2015, file photo, Supreme Court Associate Justice Anthony Kennedy testifies before a House Committee on Appropriations Subcommittee on Financial Services hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)
Politics & SocietyDispatches
Kevin Clarke
Two Notre Dame lawyers describe Kennedy as a jurist who consistently ruled in favor of personal liberty and free speech.
President Donald Trump speaks to the media on June 27 regarding the announcement that Supreme Court Associate Justice Anthony M. Kennedy will retire at the end of July. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
Politics & SocietyDispatches
Michael J. O’Loughlin
Another Supreme Court nominee by President Trump could tilt the balance against the 1973 Roe v. Wade court decision that legalized abortion nationwide.