How much suffering and outrage will it take to change the terms of the immigration debate?

City planners are increasingly alarmed by two trends: a growing shortage of affordable housing and a nationwide decline in public transit ridership.

This decision offers Catholics—and indeed all Americans—a welcome opportunity to step away from the trenches of the culture war.

Apparently, just about everything contributes to gun mayhem in the United States—but not the 300 million guns themselves.

The news from Ireland and the United States reminds us of Herod, of Pharaoh. What culture betrays its children?

Beyond relations with Iran and North Korea, the way Mr. Trump is wielding economic and military power will come with collateral costs.

There is no way to meet the present challenge without a significant degree of real loss. But that does not mean these decisions have to be pitched as zero-sum battles.

Police fired tear gas and pepper spray at thousands of U.S. citizens. The demonstrations received little news coverage. That is because the protests did not happen in Oklahoma or West Virginia but in Puerto Rico.

The Trump administration shows a lack of respect for the sovereignty of Native American nations.

The United States can offer this nation’s own grim legacy on abortion as an ominous warning to the Irish people.