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House Speaker Paul Ryan of Wisconsin leaves the House Chamber after voting on the Republican tax bill on Dec. 19. Republicans muscled the most sweeping rewrite of the nation's tax laws in more than three decades through the House. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
Politics & SocietyNews Analysis
Kevin Clarke
“We ask that [the president] take into account the full consequences of its provisions and work with Congress to remedy them before signing a tax bill into law.”
(Images: Gage Skidmore, Wikipedia Commons, Antonio De Loera-Brust, Sikelia Productions; Illustration by Antonio De Loera-Brust) 
Arts & CultureFilm
Antonio De Loera-Brust
“Gangs of New York” reminds us that for as long as the United States has been a nation of immigrants, it has been infected by xenophobia.
Homeless people are seen in Washington June 22. Bishop Frank J. Dewane of Venice, Fla., chair of the U.S. bishops' domestic policy committee, released a statement Nov. 17 proclaiming that the House of Representatives "ignored impacts to the poor and families" in passing the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act the previous day. (CNS photo/Tyler Orsburn)
Politics & SocietyDispatches
Kevin Clarke
The United States is thwarting the advancement of millions of its citizens, a UN rapporteur says.
Politics & SocietyShort Take
Paul D. McNelis, S.J.
Why not tax individuals for what they take out of society instead of what they contribute?
Politics & SocietyPodcasts
Jesuitical
Have we reached a turning point in how we handle sexual misconduct in the workplace and beyond?
Politics & SocietyDispatches
J.D. Long García
More than 22,000 undocumented immigrants brought to the United States as children are already subject to deportation, and Congress seems no closer to finding a solution.