The longtime U.S. maltreatment of refugees and asylum seekers cannot be waved away by a new president.

The Vatican on Monday abruptly abandoned its extradition request for an Italian woman wanted on embezzlement-related charges. The case would have tested whether Italy considers the Vatican a place where someone can get a fair trial.

Haiti is the birthplace of what we now know as the Americas, but the majority-Black nation has continuously suffered neglect and outright abuse.

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And to those still tempted to go to Washington, D.C.: Please stay home.

For the first time since 1974, when it first began, the message of the national March for Life to participants is: Stay home.