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Inmates at San Quentin State Prison in San Quentin, Calif., on Aug. 16, 2016. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg, File)
Politics & SocietyShort Take
Nicholas Goldrosen
In “Fratelli Tutti,” Pope Francis writes that punishment must include “healing and reintegration into society.” A sentence of life without parole, writes Nicholas Goldrosen, violates this principle.
Politics & SocietyShort Take
Jennifer A. Frey
Dr. Emanuel is certainly a well-credentialed medical expert. But his dismissive attitudes toward the elderly and disabled ought to be disqualifying.
In this Nov. 3, 2019, photo, former President Jimmy Carter teaches Sunday school at Maranatha Baptist Church in Plains, Ga. (AP Photo/John Amis, File)
Politics & SocietyShort Take
Jonathan Alter
Both as president and private citizen, Jimmy Carter has relied on God’s guidance. In an excerpt from his new biography, Jonathan Alter examines this constant in Carter’s life.
FaithShort Take
Sam Sawyer, S.J.
The failures detailed in the McCarrick report are not just tragic accidents but the predictable outcome of the incentives and attitudes that have shaped the hierarchy of the Catholic Church.
Joe Biden supporters face off with a President Donald Trump supporter outside a polling site in Houston Nov. 3, 2020. (CNS photo/Go Nakamura, Reuters)
Politics & SocietyShort Take
Cecilia González-Andrieu
This election is is forcing us to “sacar los trapos sucios,” bring out our dirty laundry.
Politics & SocietyShort Take
Jason Blakely
The popular “scientific” discourse around election forecasting has once again proven disappointingly misguided, at best, and fraudulent, at worst. Our democracy deserves better.