With more legislatures taking immigration-related problems into state hands, President Obama renewed his commitment to a federal approach to reform.
The OECD reports that the share of children living in poor households has reached 12.7 percent among its member states.
Official extortion and abuse are "one of the causes of the weariness and discouragement of our population," says Congo bishop.
There is enough of the childlike idealist left in me to wonder what my grand gesture might be.
Bishops and other church leaders need to speak with clarity about the budget as a moral document.