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In this Sept. 8, 2015, file photo, a United Airlines passenger plane lands at Newark Liberty International Airport in Newark, N.J. Twitter users are poking fun at United's tactics in having a man removed from an overbooked Chicago to Louisville flight on April 9, 2017. (AP Photo/Mel Evans, File)
Politics & SocietyShort Take
James Martin, S.J.
Is this a “first-world problem”? Yes, of course. But it is very much a “world problem.”
Humans have dramatically affected the climate, causing unbearable pollution in cities such as Beijing. (iStock/Hung Chung Chih)
Politics & SocietyShort Take
Peter Kellner
It is time for a reorientation toward socially conscious investing.
Protesters in San Salvador, El Salvador, demonstrate against mining exploitation March 9. El Salvador passed a law March 29 banning metal mining nationwide, making the small Central American country the first in the world to outlaw the industry.(CNS photo/Oscar Rivera, EPA)
Politics & SocietyDispatches
Gene Palumbo
The ban’s proponents say mining practices posed a grave risk to the country’s already limited water supply.
Politics & SocietyShort Take
Ellen K. Boegel
Donating to “God” is encouraged through the carrot of an income tax deduction; donating to “Caesar” is tax neutral.
FaithPope Francis Homilies
Pope Francis
We must ask ourselves, what do I feel when I see on the news that a bomb has fallen on a hospital and lots of poor children have been killed? Do I just say a prayer and go on my way like before?
Arts & CultureBooks
Charles R. Morris
Charles R. Morris reviews "Economism: Bad Economics and the Rise of Inequality" by James Kwak.