A tribal coalition, which considers many sites within Bears Ears sacred, fears the Trump administration will take the unprecedented step of stripping a national monument of its designation, and leave their ancestral lands vulnerable.
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Ensure human rights in trade and investment treaty, Guatemalan bishop urges UN
Bishop Alvaro Ramazzini Imeri is urging governments to ensure human rights are given priority in trade and investment by big companies when a U.N. treaty is developed this fall.
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5 tips for students engaging in politics on campus
This sobering new reality for immigrant students presents questions and issues for all students on campus as well as those high school seniors planning to attend college in the fall.
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A Theology that Weeps
John A. Coleman, S.J., reviews “A Church of the Poor: Pope Francis and the Transformation of Orthodoxy” by Clemens Sedmak.
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Former Vatican ambassador: Border walls reflect inhumane indifference
U.S. Catholics must welcome refugees, immigrants and strangers as a fundamental expression of Christian faith.
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Hollywood’s push for diversity is ignoring the largest minority community
A number of the Oscar winners and nominees have played disabled characters, but only two of them identified as disabled.
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Showing racial bias saves a man’s life on death row in Texas
“This decision reflects the extent to which the death penalty is racially biased and a broken policy,” said Karen Clifton,
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Bishop McElroy on his critics, mercy for immigrants and the disruption we need.
At the U.S. Regional World Meeting of Popular Movements in Modesto, California, San Diego Bishop Robert W. McElroy electrified attendees with a challenging analysis of this “pivotal moment as a people and as a nation, in which bitter divisions cleave our country and pollute our national dialogue.” He told his Modesto audience on Feb. 18 […]
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Do social justice documentaries just preach to the choir?
Ava DuVernay’s “13th,” a documentary about mass incarceration of African Americans nominated for an Oscar, is full of good words and bad images.
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Social justice advocates find support in faith-based organizations
“The diversity of ideas, it takes us farther,” said Bilal Ali, 64, a human rights advocate and organizer.