The conflict in Syria is a proxy war, not between the United States and Russia, as some American commentators have suggested, but between the two major powers vying for regional hegemony.
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Posted inEditorials, Politics & Society
The Editors: Let’s use civic engagement to address climate change
Civic engagement is not limited to voting.
Posted inPolitics & Society, Your Take
If you designed the U.S. national budget, what would it look like?
The majority of our readers argued for an increase in spending across a number of categories, including Medicare and health (71 percent of readers).
Posted inOf Many Things, Politics & Society
The World Is Watching. And They’re Worried.
The world can ill afford to have the United States abdicate its global position, either by choice or through carelessness.
Posted inPodcasts, Politics & Society
Exploring the tense relationship between Catholic Hospitals and the A.C.L.U.
Our guest this week is Stephanie Slade, a managing editor at Reason magazine and contributing writer at America. Her latest article explores the legal challenges launched by the American Civil Liberties Union against Catholic hospitals. “The A.C.L.U. has decided that the right to have an abortion or to get a sterilization procedure…is a fundamental American […]
Posted inDispatches, Faith
Updates from the U.S. bishops’ meeting: Repealing Obamacare will hurt the poor
Live updates from Indianapolis as the bishops gather for their annual spring meeting.
Posted inNews, Politics & Society
Congressman from Louisiana, others shot during baseball practice
U.S. House Majority Whip Steve Scalise of Louisiana was listed in stable condition after being shot by a gunman.
Posted inPolitics & Society, Short Take
Leakers aren’t the (main) problem. Runaway classification is.
The misclassification of government documents has caught people up in phony scandals costly to them and to the public at large.
Posted inJesuitical, Politics & Society
News cycle survival tips from an NPR reporter
If (like me) you wake up to Morning Edition, ride home to “All Things Considered” and sip your Sunday coffee over “The Puzzle,” this episode’s for you. We are talking with NPR congressional correspondent, host of the “NPR Politics Podcast” and Fordham alum Scott Detrow about how he keeps his sanity while covering the news in the […]
Posted inPolitics & Society, Short Take
Donald Trump’s sins are our sins, too, and impeachment won’t absolve them
Whether or not impeachment is warranted, it will not be enough to redeem this strange episode in the life of the United States.