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The Theewaterskloof Dam, a key source of water for Cape Town, South Africa, is completely dry in this April 16, 2017, photo. (AP Photo/Halden Krog, File)
Politics & SocietyDispatches
Anthony Egan, S.J.
There have been warning signs for decades; now South Africa’s second-biggest city is racing to prevent a drought from throttling the economy and causing social unrest.
DePaul University, in Chicago, is the largest Catholic university in the United States. (iStock)
Politics & SocietyDispatches
Kevin Clarke
Half of all students at Catholic colleges identify as Catholic, and 62 percent of all students are women.
(Photo: Element 5 Digital/Unsplash) 
Politics & SocietyEditorials
The Editors
For minority, first-generation and low-income students community college can be a ticket to the middle class.
People struggle with a Confederate flag as a crowd of white nationalists are met by a group of counter-protesters in early August in Charlottesville, Va. (CNS photo/Justin Ide, Reuters)
Politics & SocietyOf Many Things
Matt Malone, S.J.
Why is the statue of General Lee gone and the statue of General Sherman still there?
The U.S. Senate has confirmed Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback, a Catholic, as the new U.S. ambassador-at-large for international religious freedom. He is pictured in a 2017 photo. (CNS photo/Joshua Roberts, Reuters)
Politics & SocietyNews
Catholic News Service
Nominated to the post in July by President Donald Trump, Brownback was confirmed Jan. 24. The Senate vote was 49-49 and Vice President Mike Pence cast the tiebreaking vote.
Politics & SocietyEditorials
The Editors
The United States must develop both better warning systems and deterrence tactics.