With the World Cup off to a kick-start yesterday, many FIFA soccer fans have been left wondering who Pope Francis will be hoping to win. Even though the...
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Schools lunches have been served up in the news a lot recently. As most children anxiously anticipate summer vacation—a time to sleep in, go biking with...
This past Sunday, George Will, a Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist for the Washington Post wrote a column in which he argues that colleges and universities in...
Although efforts to raise the national minimum wage don’t seem to be making much headway, a growing number of cities are hiking up their wages, with...
Is restorative justice starting to get the attention it deserves, as our national commitment to the death penalty is oh-so-slowly but steadily fading? (Watch...
Late last week, the Justice Department and the Corporation for National and Community Service announced a new program that will provide lawyers for immigrant...
c. 2014 St. Louis Post-Dispatch (RNS) Archbishop Robert J. Carlson claimed to be uncertain that he knew sexual abuse of a child by a priest constituted a crime...
Citing the incredible burden that student loans have put on young people in recent years, President Barack Obama has pledged to help those who have emerged...
AND now it’s June. If you’re anything like me this has come as a complete shock and surprise as you’re suddenly required to turn your calendars from March to...
One week from today, the FIFA World Cup will kick off with a game in Sao Paolo featuring host nation Brazil versus Croatia. This year’s theme is...






