In a show of solidarity, religious leaders in one southern city are speaking with one voice on the subject of immigration: The Rev. John W. Bowie knows it is hard to sell the people in his neighborhood on the idea that they should support changing immigration laws to give illegal immigrants a path to citizenship.…

On a grim anniversary, the numbers are even grimmer — especially when tallied in regards to race. Take a look at this: Forty years ago today, New York became the first state in the US where abortion was broadly legal. Since then, New York City has become the nation’s undisputed abortion capital, with an overwhelmingly…

It’s being hailed as a major breakthrough in treating the visually impaired — and some of the results are truly amazing: Dozens of people who were blinded or otherwise suffered severe eye damage when they were splashed with caustic chemicals had their sight restored with transplants of their own stem cells — a stunning success…

Last summer, I posted this item about a remarkable order of African American nuns in Harlem. Late today, some sad news about one of their members: An elderly nun was killed after a minivan fleeing the police struck a Honda at an intersection in Harlem, sending the minivan over a curb and into three pedestrians…

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