In this year’s election, voters went against nearly all of the ballot initiatives backed by Catholic leaders and advocates, except referendums on minimum wage increases and gun control measures in four states.
Guns
Posted inNews, Politics & Society
What won at the polls? Marijuana, gun control and minimum wage hikes
Nebraska voters reinstated the death penalty. California, Nevada and Massachusetts approved measures legalizing the recreational use of marijuana.
Posted inPolitics & Society
Black Catholics bear witness to a gentrified Oakland
St. Columba began celebrating Black Catholic History Month and Kwanzaa alongside the regular events in the liturgical calendar.
Posted inFeatures, Politics & Society
Can Chicago offer an example of a path away from gun violence?
More than 2,800 people were shot in Chicago last year, and by December 2015 there had been 417 gun homicides, up almost 20 percent from the previous year.
Posted inEditorials, Politics & Society
We should not raze Sandy Hook from our conscience. We have not earned that mercy.
Sandy Hook should not have happened. Those 20 children and six teachers and administrators should not have died.
Posted inEditorials, Politics & Society
Repeal the Second Amendment
Though we cannot create an absolutely safe world, we can create a safer world.
Posted inPolitics & Society, Short Take
Gun Control is a Pro-Life Issue
Gun control is about the defense of life.
Posted inFaith, Faith in Focus
One Year After Columbine
Perhaps the N.R.A. has met its match. All the money in the world cannot contend with the rage of a mother torn from her child.