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NCR Today: The Copy Desk Daily highlights the latest news and opinion that have crossed copy editors' desks, on the way to readers.

The problem of hair discrimination disproportionately affects black students, and one Catholic school in the Brooklyn Diocese faces a lawsuit over its policies.

Michael Sean Winters rounds up political news and commentary: Advice on defending democracy; popular progressive policies; "moderate" Democrats' bad ideas; the failure of the nuclear family.

Francis, the comic strip: Br. Leo gets an unmarked global map to test his geography skills. He's having some trouble.

Young Voices: Three encounters at my motherhouse — involving significant differences of opinion — gave me pause and had me reflecting on progressive and inclusive authenticity.

The presidential election is shaping up to be a tough one for those who see it literally as a matter of life and death.

Pencil Preaching for Thursday, February 20, 2020

A federal bankruptcy judge has ruled that an attorney for victims of sexual abuse may question retired Bishop Matthew Clark of Rochester under oath about his knowledge of sexual abuse during his years as head of the diocese.

Three deaf victims of sexual abuse by priests in Argentina wrapped up a string of meetings with United Nations human rights officials in Geneva Feb.19, hoping to build pressure on the Vatican — and Pope Francis himself — to come clean about the crimes committed against them.

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, filed for bankruptcy Wednesday, six months after disclosing it had paid millions of dollars to people sexually abused as children by its clerics.