John Bel Edwards is bringing “common sense and compassion” to the governor’s office in Louisiana. Is the pro-life Democrat a model for how his party can win Catholic voters nationwide?
US Politics
Posted inOf Many Things, Politics & Society
Introducing the 2018 America Profile
Each year, America’s editor in chief (yours truly in the present instance) will take an in-depth look at a public figure whose Catholic faith plays a meaningful role in his or her life and work.
Posted inDispatches, Politics & Society
The free press gets on the president’s nerves. It’s supposed to.
A recent disruption of the balance of power between a chief executive and the Fourth Estate was the Trump administration’s revocation of CNN reporter Jim Acosta’s White House “hard pass.” The action was met by unanimous opposition from the press.
Posted inPolitics & Society, Short Take
What I learned from challenging Islamophobic language in public
Confronted with a political candidate’s Islamophobic language, the author chose not to walk away or to pounce in anger, but to reach across a divide.
Posted inFaith, The Good Word
George H.W. Bush and the call of fruitful leadership
If you are wondering about those who lead you, ask yourself: Do they call you to something higher, something that demands your own growth?
Posted inFaith, Podcasts
What setbacks are asylum seekers facing at the U.S. border?
America This Week Our guest this week is J.D. Long-García. We discuss his article As immigration denial rates increase, asylum seekers face setback at U.S. border. We also discuss these stories: Former President George H.W. Bush dies at 94 What we can learn from Isaiah Understanding Pope Francis’ controversial comments on homosexuality in the priesthood […]
Posted inNews, Politics & Society
Pope expresses condolences for death of former President Bush
Pope Francis expressed his condolences for the death of the 41st president of the United States, George H.W. Bush.
Posted inPolitics & Society, Short Take
George H.W. Bush and the extinction of the Country Club Republican
George Herbert Walker Bush was part of a now-vanished ruling class whose motto was “to whom much has been given, much will be expected.”
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Former President George H.W. Bush dies at age 94
Family spokesman Jim McGrath says Mr. Bush died shortly after 10 p.m., about eight months after the death of his wife of 73 years, Barbara Bush, who died on April 17, 2018, at the age of 92. They were the longest-married presidential couple in U.S. history.
Posted inDispatches, Politics & Society
In Honduras, Berta Cáceres’s killers have been convicted
The court ruled that the murder was premeditated with the “consent of Desa executives.” Desa is the Honduran company holding the concession for a hydroelectric dam project on the Gualcarque River on disputed land.