This week’s podcast features Elizabeth Bruenig, a contributing writer for America. Her recent article is called “How Augustine’s Confessions and left politics inspired my conversion to Catholicism.” “I was always interested in Christianity. Even as a kid I was active in my church,” Bruenig said. But what was lacking in her Protestant upbringing was the […]
US Politics
Posted inEditorials, Politics & Society
The Editors: Threats to Deport Dreamers Are Cruel and Shortsighted
Immigration policy in the United States is dispiritingly divisive, but there is one bright line that few voters want to cross.
Posted inDispatches, Politics & Society
Catholic hospitals’ CEO ready to fix health care after GOP ‘skinny repeal’ fails
“We are relieved and delighted that the Affordable Care Act remains intact,” Sister Carol Keehan said. “We think that this is really an important moment now to hear the people on both sides of the aisle that have said we need to come together and work on making this better.”
Posted inNews, Politics & Society
Ending immigration program would harm the economy, new study says
If extensions for the migrants are not granted or the Temporary Protected Status is terminated, crucial industries would see a shortage of workers, banks would see defaults in mortgages, and government coffers would lose out on tax revenues and consumer spending.
Posted inDispatches, Politics & Society
Will lower courts restrict same-sex marriage’s legal influence?
Controversial decisions, such as Brown v. Board of Education (school desegregation), Roe v. Wade (abortion) and, most recently, Obergefell v. Hodges (same-sex marriage), often are challenged for decades by opponents seeking their reversal or limitation.
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Getting a health care bill through Congress fraught with difficulties
It is obvious that passing legislation on health care is going to be a heavy lift in Congress.
Posted inDispatches, Politics & Society
Can the U.N.’s sustainable development goals survive Trump’s foreign aid cuts?
The impact of the Trump foreign aid reductions, if enacted, “would be swift, devastating, and felt for years to come, imperiling millions of lives and the course of global development, stability, and partnership.”
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Bishops on health care bill: Current proposal would harm millions, more cooperation needed
Republican proposals “exclude too many people, including immigrants,” Bishop Frank J. Dewane said in a statement.
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Catholic sisters send Senate a message: Don’t touch Medicaid
The sisters say that they are “most troubled by the cuts it would make to Medicaid by ending the Medicaid expansion and instituting a per capita cap [on spending].”
Posted inPolitics & Society, Short Take
What my Catholic son has learned from the Boy Scouts—and what President Trump misses
When I heard President Trump’s address to the Boy Scout Jamboree last night, I was appalled.