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Migrant children from Central America take refuge from the rain in the back of a U.S. Border Patrol vehicle in Penitas, Texas, March 14, 2021, as they await to be transported after crossing the Rio Grande into the United States. (CNS photo/Adrees Latif, Reuters)
Politics & SocietyDispatches
J.D. Long García
Some things have changed on the southern border, but a lot of things remain the same, according to Catholic humanitarian groups on the ground.
FaithInterviews
Nicholas D. Sawicki
Despite public tension between some bishops and Joe Biden, Melissa Rogers, director of the White House Office of Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships, is confident the administration will be able to work closely with the bishops.
Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., speaks during a Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources hearing on the nomination of Rep. Debra Haaland, D-N.M., to be Secretary of the Interior on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Feb. 24, 2021. (Leigh Vogel/Pool via AP)
Politics & SocietyShort Take
Charles C. Camosy
Stand firm. The time is now for your consistent pro-life vision of human dignity to shine. 
Ballots are counted at the Allegheny County Election Division warehouse on the Northside of Pittsburgh on Nov. 6, 2020. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar, File)
Politics & SocietyShort Take
Matt Keller
With the support of President Biden and a large majority of Americans, the multigenerational struggle for a just and equitable electoral system has a real chance of success, writes Democracy 21’s Matt Keller.
People wait in line at a polling place on Nov. 3, 2020, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/John Locher, File)
Politics & SocietyShort Take
John Davenport
A national voter registry, criminal penalties for misleading people about election law and ranked-choice voting are among the ways to restore U.S. democracy, writes Fordham University’s John Davenport.
The political commentator Candace Owens, one of the Black Republicans who became more prominent during the Trump administration, speaks at the 2018 Young Women's Leadership Summit, in Dallas. (Gage Skidmore, Peoria, Ariz., via Wikimedia Commons)
Politics & SocietyShort Take
Corey D. Fields
The G.O.P. realizes it must become more diverse, writes Corey D. Fields, but it has become increasingly intolerant of Black Republicans who talk about racial justice, even in a conservative framework.