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The Church’s responsibility in sexual abuse reconciliation

Victims should be the first priority.

Lauren Vander Tuig, Staff Writer • October 27, 2021

It is no secret that the Church has a lengthy history of sexual abuse. According to a Pew Research Center survey, 79% of U.S. adults believe that recent reports of sexual abuse in the Catholic Church reflect problems that continue to happen. Various statistics and reports surfaced of the church’s worldwide...

A boyhood faux pas should not end a governor’s career

There are plenty of reasons to ask for Northam’s resignation. A yearbook photo is not one of them.

Brian Brooks, Freelance Writer • February 10, 2019

A photo was released this week purporting to show beleaguered Gov. Ralph Northam in blackface. The photo was taken from the governor’s 1984 yearbook and shows two figures, one of whom is a white man wearing blackface, the other of whom is a person dressed in the robes of the Ku Klux Klan. Although...