Service Employees International Union Local 500 which represents adjunct faculty at Georgetown University reports that Trinity Washington University adjuncts have now chosen union representation 74 voting yes 54 voting no They join a wave of non-tenured university and college instructors acros

Housekeepers and childcare workers were excluded from 1938 Fair Labor Standards Act.

Women kept at a distance during Pope Francis' Corpus Christi Mass

It was all so beautiful heartbreaking and sad the haunting drones of the Celtic bagpipes the slow procession of a grieving family behind the casket of the loved one the packed church with over 1 000 people gathered together in the solidarity of sorrow the comfort of the familiar prayers and th

The church and public morality, from Leo XIII to Francis

There is that old refrain mdash or retort mdash from childhood that is usually said upon instances of bullying or teasing ldquo Sticks and stones may break my bones but words will never hurt me rdquo Unfortunately when it comes to the reality of living in the Holy Land mdash specifically Israe