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Some federal prosecutors are being accused of breaking the rules and wrongfully withholding evidence from defense attorneys that could affect the outcome of a trial. “When prosecutors get into the heat of battle, something takes over the competitive spirit…and they want to win at all costs,” says criminal defense attorney Brendan Sullivan. More
Famed criminal defense attorney Brendan Sullivan discusses the ill-fated prosecution of the late Alaska Senator Ted Stevens and offers some suggestions for improvements at the U.S. Department of Justice. More
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“We empower national Masai to do the ministry. I didn’t start any of these churches. I’m not the leader of any of these churches. But we’ve trained these people so that they could move out and do it,” says Gary Woods, a missionary who has been preaching in Africa for 25 years. More
“I think right from the beginning of our republic, we’ve been torn by this tension between individualism and community…But I think we too often tell our story almost entirely on the individualistic side,” says author and commentator E. J. Dionne. More
“She had to have been the least naïve nun that I can think of,” says Kathryn Wat, curator of an exhibition of prints by graphic artist Sister Corita Kent (1918-1986) at the National Museum of Women in the Arts in Washington, DC. More
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Watch excerpts from the July 2nd arrival of “Nuns on the Bus” on Capitol Hill and listen to Sister Simone Campbell, executive director of NETWORK, talk about the Ryan budget versus the nuns’ “faithful budget.” More
Individual liberty versus the common good and the ongoing need for comprehensive immigration reform were among the issues religious groups continued to debate as the High Court’s current term came to a close More
“Drought does not need to mean famine,” according to Niger’s president, who adds that the country is tired of needing help and not being able to feed its own people. “We need to escape from emergency aid. We need to help our population produce and provide for itself.” More