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Fire destroys the main offices of the Highlander Research and Education Center in New Market, Tenn., on March 29, 2019. The center is a social justice center that trained the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and other civil rights leaders. Representatives of the center said Tuesday, April 2, 2019, that a white power symbol was also found spray painted on the parking lot near the building. (Sammy Solomon/New Market Fire and Rescue Team via AP)
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Yonat Shimron - Religion News Service
The local sheriff said the fire may have been intentionally set, after a “symbol connected to the white power movement” was found spray-painted in the parking lot. On April 4, FBI Director Christopher Wray testified before Congress that white supremacy is a “persistent, pervasive threat” to U.S. security.
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Matt Malone, S.J.
The history of the magazine spans the entire life of Paramount Pictures.
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The Editors
From 1933: Prohibition has been a bitter experience, and a time of disaster.
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The Editors
From 1954: The turn taken in the McCarthy-Stevens hearings beginning May 4 dramatized across the nation the grave constitutional issue posed by Senator McCarthy’s “methods.”
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Carol Zimmermann - Catholic News Service
In two recent actions, the U.S. Supreme Court revealed its death penalty decisions are hardly cut and dried.

Austin Jennings, a member of the Students for Life at the University of Mary Washington in Fredericksburg, Va., joins pro-life advocates in front of the Supreme Court during the March for Life Jan. 18, 2019. (CNS photo/Gregory A. Shemitz)
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Kevin Clarke
“Our nation is better than infanticide,” the archbishop said. “Babies born alive during the process of abortion deserve the same care and medical assistance as any other newborn.”