The Mass attracted pro-life student groups from across the nation who are in Washington for the March for Life.
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Posted inPolitics & Society
A college professor and a cop ask, ‘Who are the elites, anyway?’
Elites are defined less by the position they hold than by their pretense to dictate reality.
Posted inMagazine, Your Take
The Letters
Religious education has been a babysitting service for far too long.
Posted inOf Many Things, Politics & Society
Alternative facts and the coming constitutional crisis
We more likely face destabilizing, constitutional confusion, than brute authoritarianism.
Posted inDispatches, Politics & Society
Are we shouting past each other? On finding ‘safe spaces’ for dialogue
Colleges and universities around the country find themselves struggling to discern how best to negotiate free speech on their campuses
Posted inPodcasts, Politics & Society
Cokie Roberts on journalism under President Trump
Cokie Roberts, who wrote about the role of women in Washington in our Jan. 23 issue, is this week’s guest. Hosts Matt Malone, S.J., and Kerry Weber chat to her about the state of journalism under President Donald J. Trump, in addition to his announcement that he is planning to build a border wall. Associate […]
Posted inEditorials, Politics & Society
A hasty Obamacare repeal would be ‘devastating’ for the poor
By following through on their promise to repeal “Obamacare” immediately, Republican lawmakers and the new Trump administration are engaging in reckless political theater.
Posted inFeatures, Politics & Society
What is the Catholic response to the rise of nationalism?
If love of country is a virtue and a moral obligation, the nationalistic impulse itself has no moral identity.
Posted inPolitics & Society, Short Take
What should guide U.S. immigration policy: self-interest or charity?
Would you not love and admire a country that opened its doors to the tired, the poor, the wretched and the homeless?
Posted inNews, Politics & Society
More Americans support abortion restrictions, new poll finds
When the questions became more detailed on abortion policies, the numbers shifted.