North America

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum on Tuesday celebrated the Cinco de Mayo holiday by declaring that no foreign power should dictate the country’s course and that political opponents seeking support from abroad are destined to fail. Commemorating the 164th anniversary of…

This article is based on an analysis of a climate change black swan event currently spreading across America. As of April 28th, the U.S. Drought Monitor confirmed that much of the country is in various stages of drought, with some…

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Tuesday that the United States will not allow Iran’s control of the Hormuz Strait to be “normalized” after the two sides exchanged fire in the crucial global energy waterway one day earlier.…

Canada is set to host the headquarters of the proposed Defence, Security and Resilience Bank (DSRB), a new multinational institution designed to mobilize tens of billions in financing for military and security projects among allied nations. In short, what we…

Award presented by DePaul University’s Catholic Studies Department Kathy Kelly, a Chicago-based peace activist and nonviolence innovator, has been named the sixth recipient of the Berrigan-McAlister Award, presented by DePaul University’s Department of Catholic Studies. The annual award honors those…

How can the United States—still the richest nation on earth—tolerate one of the highest child poverty rates in the industrialized world? This is not inevitability but failure: we have the wealth to end it, yet lack the will. The same…

It’s manageable for now, but if it becomes a protracted problem and the US locates its bases from Spain to “Major Non-NATO Ally” Morocco, then the US and the EU might find themselves backing opposite sides in a future Moroccan-Spanish…

In response to the growing threat of nuclear war and the leadership of Pope Francis, PCAN (the Pax Christi New England Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons) conducted a survey last year of North American Catholics on their knowledge of and…

Healing Colours, Colours of Renewal (An Art Exhibition Honouring the Memory of the Victims of the LapuLapu Day Tragedy) April 30, 6:30–9:00 pm by Maria Veronica “Vernie” G. Caparas [N.B. This is Part III of a 3-part article on Babáng Luksâ.…

by Maria Veronica “Vernie” G. Caparas [N.B. This is Part II of a 3-part article on Babáng Luksâ. Part II narrates the ongoing division and strife among many communities while some observe Babáng Luksâ and oppose the 2026 LapuLapu Day…