According to a rash of new polls, Americans have come together over the belief that the country’s major institutions are seriously out of whack.

The idea that the government should broadly reflect the values of the majority of the governed is in serious trouble.

Abortion polls tell part of the story.

Will a reversal of Roe v. Wade, which would return the power to regulate abortion to the states, be popular with American voters and Catholic voters in particular? Not necessarily.

The defenders of democracy need a vision beyond opposition to Donald Trump.

Last week saw the release of yet another poll suggesting that a majority of U.S. Catholics do indeed hold pro-choice views on abortion.

I can assure Texans that very few New Yorkers want to arm themselves to ride the subway, just as few teachers want to pack heat in the classroom.

The great replacement theory and its undisguised racism have horrified all but the most right-wing political leaders.

Confusing questions are endemic in public opinion surveys, but the topic of abortion is especially tricky for pollsters.

Covid-19, the 2020 election and racial justice remained hot topics in 2021. But the past year also brought new debates within the Catholic Church, including over the Latin Mass.