Pope visits Venice to speak to the artists and inmates behind the Biennale’s must-see prison show

Pope Francis has met with women prisoners in Venice who are the protagonists of the Vatican pavilion at the Venice Biennale art fair. Read More

Pope praises artists, encourages prisoners to never lose hope

Some 80 female detainees, prison staff and volunteers applauded and smiled when Pope Francis told them he wanted to meet them first on his one-day visit to ... Read More

How Pope Francis opened the Vatican to transgender sex workers

The outreach, reflecting the most radical stage of his papacy, has prompted backlash while also altering the lives of the nearly 100 people he has met. Read More

Pope Francis visits a women’s prison in Venice

Pope Francis began his visit to Venice on Sunday with a meeting with women prisoners at the Giudecca Women’s Prison. Read More

United States

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Do immigrants help or hurt the US economy? The answer might surprise you.

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Meet the USA TODAY Opinion team

Before joining USA TODAY, McCarter was the executive editor at the Evansville Courier & Press in Indiana and the senior news director at the Cincinnati Enquirer in Ohio. Tim Swarens is deputy ... Read More

Regretting coming to US, some Chinese immigrants return home

A full life at home’ At 33, Wang Zhongwei from China’s Anhui Province now lives in Los Angeles, where has become a vocal advocate for immigrants since entering the United States in May. Read More

Without Immigrants, US Working-Age Population Would Shrink

In 2007, 4,316,233 babies were born in the US, just beating out the previous record of 4.3 million set at the peak of the baby boom in 1957 — that’s an approximation because not all births ... Read More

Record numbers in US are homeless: Can cities fine them for sleeping in parks and on sidewalks?

The case comes after homelessness in the United States grew by 12%, to its highest reported level as soaring rents and a decline in coronavirus pandemic assistance combined to put housing out of ... Read More

Early release prisoners return to jail after becoming homeless

Criminals released early from jail to ease the prison overcrowding crisis have returned within days after ending up homeless. Watchdogs have uncovered cases of prisoners freed up to 18 days before ... Read More

Do immigrants help or hurt the US economy? The answer might surprise you.

Are immigrants a boon to the U.S. economy or ... The macro picture tells a different story. The United States is experiencing a labor shortage, according to Dhaval Joshi, chief strategist ... Read More