Demonstrators on Feb. 20, 2017, rally in Parliament Square against a planned state visit by U.S. President Donald Trump. (AP Photo/Tim Ireland)

Trump’s state visit to United Kingdom debated as hate crimes are up in London. Is Brexit to blame?

by David Stewart February 24, 2017

This is not a country at ease with itself, if it ever were. The United Kingdom continues to display more and more intolerance and anger.

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Of Many Things, Politics & Society

Trump reminds us that ‘gut feeling’ is still essential to politics

by Matt Malone, S.J. February 23, 2017

Instinct, emotion, intuition—all those elements that make politics, well, politics—still matter.

A mother and daughter in Los Angeles react after the U.S. Supreme Court issued a split ruling June 23 blocking President Barack Obama's executive actions to temporarily stop deportations. (CNS photo/Eugene Garcia, EPA)

News, Politics & Society

Church advocate: New immigration proposals reflect ‘mass hysteria’ about undocumented people

by Michael J. O’Loughlin February 21, 2017

Immigration officials “no longer will exempt classes or categories of removable aliens from potential enforcement” and “have full authority to arrest or apprehend an alien whom an immigration officer has probable cause to believe is in violation of the immigration laws.”

News, Politics & Society

Trump has a new travel ban, but it doesn’t look much different

by Vivian Salama - Associated Press February 21, 2017

An official said that green-card holders and dual citizens of the U.S. and any of those countries are exempt. The new draft also no longer directs authorities to single out—and reject—Syrian refugees when processing new visa applications.

Ivanka Trump, daughter of President-elect Donald Trump, arrives at Trump Tower in New York. Nordstrom shares sunk after President Trump tweeted that the department store chain had treated his daughter “so unfairly” when it announced last week that it would stop selling Ivanka Trump’s clothing and accessory line. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci, File)

Editorials, Politics & Society

The Political Gets Personal: Partisanship and consumerism are a dangerous mix

by The Editors February 17, 2017

Deciding whether or not to #deleteUber or to boycott Ivanka is a luxury most Americans cannot afford.

In this Jan. 6, 2017 file photo, Cardinal Joseph Tobin gives the homily during a Mass ceremony installing him as the new archbishop of Newark, in Newark, N.J. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez, File)

News, Politics & Society

Newark’s Cardinal Tobin joins lobbying effort against Trump’s immigration ban

by Michael Catalini - Associated Press February 17, 2017

Newark Cardinal Joseph Tobin was one of the nearly 1,000 lobbyists, business people and politicians who rode the rails from Newark to Washington to press New Jersey interests in the capital.

In this Feb. 24, 2015, file photo, members of the National Guard patrol along the Rio Grande at the Texas-Mexico border in Rio Grande City, Texas. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)

News, Politics & Society

Trump considers using National Guard troops in immigration roundups

by Garance Burke - Associated Press February 17, 2017

Trump is proposing an unprecedented militarization of immigration enforcement as far north as Portland, Oregon, and as far east as New Orleans, Louisiana.

Politics & Society, Your Take

Is America great? It’s complicated.

by Our readers February 17, 2017

Now that Mr. Trump is in office, we decided to ask our readers two questions about the United States with this language in mind: Is America great? And if so, what makes America great?