What should be the main topic of discussion in this year’s state elections?

by Our readers March 9, 2018

Respondents who named health care as their priority for state elections frequently specified the issue: how universal health care would benefit everyone.

Editorials, Politics & Society

The Editors: Needing food assistance should not be a mark of shame

by The Editors March 9, 2018

The foundational flaw with the proposed reform is the stripping away of choice, and the dignity that comes with it, from low-income Americans.

Editorials, Politics & Society

The Problem with Local Journalism

by The Editors March 9, 2018

More and more public policy is being decided at the state level but trustworthy sources of information about state capitals are fast disappearing.

Arts & Culture, Books

Can we fix our broken political system?

by Kyle Gautreau March 8, 2018

How can we repair the damage done to our governmental processes?

WASHINGTON (CNS) -- The last government shutdown -- well, threatened shutdown, anyway -- seems so long ago. The nine-hour "funding lapse" of Feb. 9, like the three-day shutdown that began Jan. 20, hinged on how Congress was going to address the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program that President Donald Trump said he would end March 5. He also called on Congress to pass a measure to save the program, created in 2012 by President Barack Obama via executive order. In the January shutdown, Democrati

News, Politics & Society

Update: Immigrants, advocates navigating post-DACA-deadline landscape

by Mark Pattison - Catholic News Service March 5, 2018

In the January shutdown, Democratic lawmakers backed down on their threat to keep the government closed until a DACA deal was reached. ment funded through March 23 was overshadowed by the $1 trillion spending package of which it was a part.

Dispatches, Politics & Society

Texas bishops cut ties with Texas Right to Life

by Paul Stinson March 2, 2018

The divergence in Texas might be viewed as a microcosm of the national debate over what it means to be pro-life.

Betty Shadrick, of Albany, N.Y., center, with the United University Professions union, rallies in support of unions outside of the Supreme Court on Feb. 26 in Washington. The court is considering a challenge to an Illinois law that allows unions representing government employees to collect fees from workers who choose not to join. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Dispatches, Politics & Society

Union fees: where the U.S. bishops and the Becket Fund disagree

by Ellen K. Boegel February 28, 2018

U.S. bishops are defending an Illinois law that permits government employees to join together in bargaining units and, by majority vote, designate a union to collectively represent them in contract negotiations and employment disputes.

Dispatches, Politics & Society

Chicago’s Cardinal Cupich: Listen to young people about guns

by Michael J. O’Loughlin February 28, 2018

“The youth of our nation are shaming the adult world into action.”

Faith, Podcasts

The world needs the Black Madonna

by America This Week February 28, 2018

Our Feb. 28th guest is Br. Mickey McGrath, an Oblate of St. Francis de Sales, an award-winning artist and author of 18 art and faith books. We discuss his recent article, We need images of the Black Madonna now more than ever. We also discuss these articles: Catholic colleges say peaceful gun control protests won’t […]