The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals based in San Francisco heard oral arguments Oct. 19 in a lawsuit that aims to overturn a 2017 federal regulation expanding the exemption to the federal contraceptive mandate to include the Little Sisters of the Poor and other religious employers.

With just two weeks to go until the critical midterm elections, an overwhelming majority of Americans say the United States is greatly divided, according to an Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research poll.

Vatican official says people must not succumb to fear mongering and realize that the challenge of migration today is solvable—but only if there is political will.

Signs of trauma aren't a surprise for those who studied people after Hurricane Katrina in 2005.

Sixty-nine percent of young Americans between the ages of 15 and 34 favor a national health plan, known as a single-payer program.

Many of the migrants in the caravan are fleeing Central America’s “Northern Triangle”—El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras. These countries are beset by “the world’s highest murder rates, deaths linked to drug trafficking and organized crime and endemic poverty.”