The president of the United States attempted to use his political power to coerce a foreign leader to harass and discredit one of the president’s political opponents,” he wrote.
Donald Trump
Posted inEditorials, Politics & Society
The Editors on the Question of Impeachment
Our civic duty requires us to rise above partisan and sectional interests and to act to preserve the constitutional order.
Posted inEditorials, Politics & Society
The Editors: The impeachment process shows why we need to clarify executive privilege
Why we need legislation to clarify the scope of executive privilege and to establish a streamlined legal process to resolve such claims.
Posted inDispatches, Politics & Society
Former Watergate prosecutor has déjà vu watching Trump-Ukraine hearings
“People have asked me: ‘How does this compare with Watergate?’” he said, “and I have been quite explicit in stating that what Watergate involved pales in comparison to what the investigations of President Trump’s conduct have revealed.”
Posted inEditorials, Politics & Society
Trump’s attacks on public servants undermine the Constitution—and his own office.
President Trump has raised the stakes in the impeachment drama by questioning the integrity and motives of civil servants who have chosen to testify at the congressional hearings.
Posted inFaith, Faith in Focus
How to keep the faith amid Trump’s war on immigrants—and their lawyers
The Trump administration is engaged in a systematic war against immigrants, and one prime target seems to be those of us who represent them.
Posted inPolitics & Society, Short Take
The American empire is in decline—and we’re not ready for what comes next
Is there an ars moriendi for empires?
Posted inFaith, Faith in Focus
You have to leave Washington to know the reality of migrants at the border
After a trip to the border, I returned home to the nation’s capital—where President Trump continues to double down on cruel policies—carrying a stone I picked up in the desert and the stories of migrants.
Posted inFaith and Reason, Politics & Society
A dialogue on the ‘new nationalism’
Signatories of two recent open letters, one embracing a “new nationalism” and the other warning of its dangers, engage each other’s concerns and questions.
Posted inFeatures, Politics & Society
How immigration affects the three Americas
Both the church and the nation will steadily shrink without newcomers from beyond our national borders. But there are big differences in how immigration plays out in different parts of the U.S.