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Abstract: On January 20, 2021, Health Care Without Harm (HCWH) Europe and 12 other health, environment, and justice organizations sent a letter to Bjorn Hansen, Executive Director of the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) "seeking clarifications on both the applicable legal framework and risk management measures in place, for nano/biocidal-treated articles in the context of the current COVID-19 pandemic." January 26th, 2021 Health, Environment, and Justice Organizations Seek Clarification from EC...

Editors note:  In the weeks preceding the inauguration of the countrys second Catholic president, National Catholic Reporter asked Catholic politicians, activists and scholars to offer advice to President-elect Joe Biden in a series that takes its title from Pope Francis encyclical Fratelli Tutti : "Building a Common Future." Our nation is more divided than it has to be. It is both possible and urgent to reduce polarization, division, and the tensions they create. Religion defines only one di...

Editors note:  In the weeks preceding the inauguration of the countrys second Catholic president, National Catholic Reporter asked Catholic politicians, activists and scholars to offer advice to President-elect Joe Biden in a series that takes its title from Pope Francis encyclical Fratelli Tutti : "Building a Common Future." 2020 was a year marked by great division in our country. Political division. Racial division. Economic division. In this New Year, we must find ways to overcome the obst...

President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris are taking office after four years of deadly inaction on gun violence. The gun violence crisis in America already takes the lives of more than 100 people every day, wounding over 200 more. This crisis has only been exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic. During the pandemic, firearms have been purchased at a record pace, exacerbating dangerous loopholes in our background check system, and preliminary research suggests the surge in f...

Among the many threats during last week's attempted coup at the U.S. Capitol were the words "Murder the media" written on a door. Journalists caught in the melee outside were chased and their camera e...

I grew up 300 miles away from President-elect Joe Biden in a small town called Nemacolin, Pennsylvania. Nemacolin was a company town, meaning the mining company owned everything. Every house, every store and seemingly every square foot belonged to the mining company. There were two exceptions: the union hall and Our Lady of Consolation Church, which was at the heart of our towns Catholic community. Back in the 1920s and 1930s, it seemed like nothing and no one could stand in the way of the coal...

Editors note:  In the weeks preceding the inauguration of the countrys second Catholic president, the National Catholic Reporter asked other Catholic politicians, activists and scholars to offer advice to President-elect Joe Biden in a series that takes its title from Pope Francis encyclical Fratelli Tutti : "Building a Common Future." The widening wealth gap in the United States is inextricably linked to economic, social and racial injustice. We are a nation of people from all corners of th...

Earlier this week, there was an attempted coup d'état in the United States. It took place when rioters and insurrectionists stormed the U.S. Capitol, occupying the Senate chamber, and various offices...

Commentary: I am that rarity, a Catholic Native American. With Joe Biden as president, I can now breathe, relax and have faith again in our government. But now the real work must begin. From a Native American rights perspective, I ask that our rights be once again honored and respected.

As Americans make their year-end charitable contributions, many are likely reflecting on the suffering the country has witnessed in 2020.  Some donors will have the national reckoning over racial justice that followed George Floyd’s killing in mind as they write checks or click donate buttons. These past several months have recharged efforts to address longstanding racial disparities in the U.S., and major corporations and private foundations have pledged or spent billions of dollars to...