Christopher Hale writes: The American Rescue Plan that Biden signed into law last week is perhaps the most popular piece of major legislation in modern American history. A poll released earlier this month suggested that even 59% of Republicans support the legislation. While the bill didn’t receive a single Republican vote, Republicans are already touting… Read More Republicans Rightly Love Joe Biden’s Covid Relief Bill

Meghan Clark writes: On February 28, President Joe Biden released an unprecedented pro-union video message unequivocally supporting workers’ right to unionize and collectively bargain. “The choice to join a union is up to the workers—full stop,” Biden reiterated that the law guarantees this without interference from employers. It is not the first time that the president has… Read More Justice as Participation: Building Back Better by Supporting Workers and Rebuilding Democracy

via United States Holocaust Memorial Museum: What began as a peaceful protest calling for a democratic government has led to a decade of crimes against humanity and profound suffering for the Syrian people, primarily at the hands of the Assad government. More than 500,000 Syrian civilians have been killed, and more than 12 million—half the… Read More US Holocaust Museum on the Ten Year Anniversary of the Syrian Uprising

Hosted by Jessica Keating, Daniel K. Williams of the University of West Georgia discusses “When Liberals Were Pro-Life.” This presentation is the first part of the Conversations That Matter: The Intersection of Justice and Pregnancy series sponsored by the McGrath Institute for Church Life at the University of Notre Dame.

Millennial Catholic Chris Crawford writes: With confidence in our democratic institutions at a dangerously low point, the first step toward restoring confidence in our elections is to tell people the truth. With Christian-led “Jericho Marches” calling for overturning the 2020 election, prominent pro-life Christian leaders speaking at the “Stop the Steal’ rally, and a Jesus… Read More Pro-life and Christian Leaders, Restoring Faith in Democracy Requires Admitting Biden Won

via Brian Roewe: As Catholics and other people of faith take measures to better safeguard the environment, they must be aware of the opposing tides they’re up against, including libertarian strains within their own flocks, said Cardinal Blase Cupich during a recent webinar. Cupich said that while Catholic and other religions’ teachings make clear that… Read More Cardinal Cupich on Catholics Who Use Libertarianism to Distort Catholic Teaching

Pope Francis is welcomed by a display of Iraq’s many cultures and calls for an end to extremism and violence in his opening address on the first-ever papal visit to Iraq.