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Between Iraq and no place

Iraqis are on the move away from their broken nation. Who will be responsible for them? In the buildup to the Iraq invasion, then Secretary of State Colin...

Domestic traffick report

Not all persons trafficked in the United States are coming in from distant points in Asia, Europe, or Central America. Some U.S. victims of trafficking and...

Reel politics

Hollywood tells us that cleaning up Washington depends on the integrity of those we send there. But that’s only part of the story. Soon the 2008...

Promises to keep

Barack Obama’s election was historic, but can his presidency be great? At a time of historic economic, social, and strategic challenges, the election of...

Foreign ministry

The shortage of priests has made some places in the United States “mission territory,” drawing clergy the world over to a parish near you. One...

Hidden in plain sight

The shadow world of human trafficking The beating was the final straw. The relentless daily psychological abuse had been bad enough; the endless days of work...

Real Animal

Real Animal Alejandro Escovedo Alejandro Escovedo has been in the rock and roll business for 30 years now, but Real Animal, his first major-label release, is...