NEW YORK, April 7 -- The Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights, an organization that defends the right of Catholics to participate in American public life without defamation or discrimination, issued the following commentary on April 6, 2026, by President Bill Donohue: * * * IS PACIFISM MORAL? Let's cut to the quick. No, pacifism is not moral. Pacifism means that self-defense, and the defense of one's nation, is immoral. However pure the intent, pacifism holds that it is better to pe  more

WASHINGTON, April 7 -- The Center for European Policy Analysis issued the following commentary on April 6, 2026, by senior fellow Mitzi Perdue: * * * Why Ukraine Needs More Millionaires and Fewer Billionaires Post-war Ukraine will need more than peace to hold social fabrics together and prosper, as Gen. David Petraeus recently explained. * Let's suppose it's three weeks after Russia's war on Ukraine has ended, and a Telegram post has just gone viral. On one side of the image: a middle-aged  more

LAWRENCE, Kansas, April 6 -- The University of Kansas posted the following news: * * * KU researcher proposes strategies for political depolarization in, outside classroom * LAWRENCE -Ashley Muddiman has been ruminating on the nation's politically polarized society. But as an associate professor in the Department of Communication Studies at the University of Kansas, she has done more than that: In two recent publications, she prescribes constructive approaches to polarization both in the cla  more

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, April 7 -- Michigan Medicine, the academic medical center of the University of Michigan, issued the following Q&A on April 6, 2026, by Lauren Gerlach and Matt Davis with Kristine Ajrouch, research professor in the Institute for Social Research: * * * Convoys of Caregiving: Arab American Families Living with Dementia An Interview with Kristine Ajrouch, PhD In this episode, Matt & Lauren speak with Kristine Ajrouch, PhD - a new member of our CAPRA leadership team. Kristine  more

NEW YORK, April 6 -- Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health posted the following news: * * * U.S. Sexual Health Report Card: High Pleasure, Low Testing, Stark Gender Disparities * A new sexual health survey reveals a mix of progress and persistent gaps. Overall, many Americans report positive experiences-interest in having sex, sexual pleasure, and good communication with partners-yet women and gender-diverse individuals still face higher rates of sexual violence, lower sexual p  more