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What 9/11 Can Teach Us About Responding to Coronavirus

The community came together to help 9/11 survivors and their families get relief. Here are the lessons we learned for the hard times ahead.

Why is there still fighting? Because our leaders don’t understand Afghanistan — and keep using military force when it won’t do any good.

Putting politics ahead of science is a prescription for disaster when you face a pandemic.

There are few clearer ways to see an administration’s choices than its budget. Here’s what we found in the president’s.

Trump has sent more new troops to the Middle East than he’s bringing home from Afghanistan.

A climbing group in Kentucky built a replica of Trump’s wall. One climber topped it in 13 seconds. Another did it while juggling.

It’s hard to overstate the cost — in dollars and security — of our many wars. What do the candidates say?

Alarmingly, the Trump administration is shredding arms control agreements and deploying “more usable” nuclear weapons.

Americans were taught to associate “socialism” with dictatorship and “capitalism” with democracy. Are those days over?

As a Sister of the Church, I believe Americans have a moral obligation to learn more about why Central Americans are forced to seek refuge here.