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The Editors: The Green New Deal should be improved, not mocked
The Editors
While it is clear that not everything in the Green New Deal is realistically achievable, what is less realistic still is to dismiss it out of hand in order to continue the pretense that climate change can be ignored.  
FaithEditorials
The Editors: To prevent abuse, clericalism must be uprooted.
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Today more and more women religious are speaking up and demanding that the church hold abusers to account.
FaithNews Analysis
Vatican sex abuse summit: what you need to know
The Editors
Daily news and analysis of the historic gathering of bishops from 130 countries for a summit on the protection of children
FaithEditorials
The Editors: The Vatican’s sex abuse summit is a time for decisive action
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Hopes are high (perhaps too high) that the summit will bring about significant and lasting change.
Politics & SocietyEditorials
The tragedy of abortion absolutism and how the pro-life movement can respond
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Some consciences are being woken to recognize the tragedy of abortion—that is an opportunity for pro-lifers.
Politics & SocietyEditorials
It’s time to throw away car ownership as a mark of prosperity
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The four-wheeled population is growing faster than the human population in many dense cities with strong economies.
Politics & SocietyEditorials
The Editors: Politicians fail the country by applying religious tests
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A commitment to religious liberty demands that effort be devoted to resolving, rather than exacerbating, any real or apparent tension between religious obligation and civil duty.
FaithEditorials
How should we increase accountability? Empower laypeople.
The Editors
Few would deny that 2018 was an annus horribilis for the Catholic Church in the United States. As dioceses and religious orders released the names of alleged sex abusers, it became clear the scope of the scandals was far wider than most imagined or acknowledged.
FaithEditorials
The pro-life movement has always been pro-women. Our priorities should reflect that.
The Editors
The priority given to Supreme Court nominations has left the movement vulnerable to being reduced to the role of supporting player within an overall conservative political agenda.
Politics & SocietyEditorials
The rate of uninsured children is growing. We must stop it.
The Editors

In November the Georgetown Center for Children and Families announced that the number of uninsured children in the United States went up for the first time in nearly a decade. While 7.6 million children were uninsured in 2008, by 2016 that figure had dropped to 3.6 million. But in 2017, 300,000 children lost coverage. The authors of the study cannot say with certainty why this happened, but their research suggests a few possibilities.