Wells Fargo reports that over the last five years it has terminated 5,300 employees for “inappropriate sales conduct.” Not one of the bank’s top managers received a pink slip.
US Politics
Posted inPolitics & Society
How demographics explain both Donald Trump’s rise and why he’ll (probably) lose
While Democratic presidential nominees have become almost invincible among the highly educated urbanites, Republicans have increased their margins among white voters in more rural areas.
Posted inNews, Politics & Society
Political discourse on women and people of faith must change, says U.S.C.C.B. President Archbishop Kurtz
Politicians, their staffs and volunteers should reflect our best aspirations as citizens,” he said.
Posted inNews, Politics & Society
The statistics are wrong. Accidental shootings are killing children more than we think.
Deaths and injuries spike for children under 5, with 3-year-olds the most common shooters and victims.
Posted inArts & Culture, Books
Reno’s latest work “a riveting plea for the revival of a Christendom that has recently collapsed on American soil.” Conley reviews.
Reno’s portrait of contemporary American society is bold and grim.
Posted inDispatches, Politics & Society
Trump campaign pounces on Clinton advisor’s hacked email about Catholic conservatives
“She did a big number on Catholics, a horrible number on Catholics…through her people,” Mr. Trump said.
Posted inDispatches, Politics & Society
With abortion sidelined this election, some Catholics are turning to other life issues
Some Catholics have turned their sights to other issues—euthanasia, death penalty—that are part of the church’s pro-life agenda.
Posted inEditorials, Politics & Society
Editors: ‘See the person,’ not the party, for a healthy country
The United States needs to restore a particular kind of politics as usual.
Posted inCurrent Comment, Politics & Society
What the U.S. can do for peace in Colombia
The shock defeat was officially by less than a single percentage point.
Posted inDispatches, Politics & Society
Catholic Republicans have mixed reactions to Trump’s crude talk
President’s power to pick next Supreme Court justices keep some Catholics on board the Trump campaign.