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In this Jan. 10, 2017, file photo, Texas Speaker of the House Joe Straus, R-San Antonio, stands before the opening of the 85th Texas Legislative session in the house chambers at the Texas State Capitol in Austin, Texas.  (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)
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Meredith Hoffman - Associated Press
Many state-funded Texas adoption and foster care agencies routinely deny non-Christian, gay, and unmarried applicants on religious grounds.
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Jonathan Malesic
On measures of well-being, residents of the United States fare worse than residents of countries like Canada, Sweden or Japan, all of which are less wealthy but more equal.
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Tom Deignan
In 'Beyond 15,' Jonathan Rosenblum scolds Barack Obama for being “more invested in bailing out the financial sector than in expending political capital for workers’ rights.”
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Shannen Dee Williams
One cannot begin to understand the current deterioration of American race relations without confronting the enduring realities of white supremacy present in the case of Emmett Till.
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Raymond A. Schroth, S.J.
A discerning critic of the American project has become a prophet for our time.
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Nick Genovese
Hodges expresses his disappointment at his teammates for what he saw as their lack of political consciousness.