American politics are especially divisive at the moment, which is why the current Congress is one of the least productive in decades and struggles to get much of anything done. But just because things are... Read More

Last week the House Appropriations Committee voted in favor of a legislative amendment that would allow faith-based child welfare agencies to discriminate against LGBTQ people, interfaith couples, single parents, and others. The amendment was added... Read More

According to data from Mapping Police Violence, police in the United States killed 1,147 people last year. Officers were only charged with a crime in 1 percent of cases. And of the 1,147 people killed,... Read More

June may arguably be the most important primary month in the 2018 midterm season. With primaries every Tuesday in many battleground states, voters are busy setting the direction for the next two years of US... Read More

On Monday, Attorney General Jeff Sessions declared that domestic and gang violence are not legitimate grounds for asylum. Sessions’ ruling overturns a 2016 immigration appeals court decision that granted asylum to a Salvadoran woman whose... Read More

On June 4, the US Supreme Court issued a 7-2 ruling in Masterpiece Cakeshop Ltd. v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission on behalf of the plaintiff, Jack Phillips, a baker and a devout Christian who refused... Read More

The recent situation between Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI) and House Chaplain Father Patrick Conroy was very confusing. Initially Ryan had a staff member request that Conroy resign—which the Father dutifully did—but no written or verbal... Read More