For three years, the nation’s most prominent environmental organization has been ruminating about its past and future. Like many other American institutions, the Sierra Club was convulsed by the 2020 murder of George Floyd, beset by painful questions about its mission and history, including whether its founder, John Muir, was biased against people of color. […]
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George Pell, Cardinal Whose Abuse Conviction Was Overturned, Dies at 81
Cardinal George Pell, an Australian cleric and adviser to Pope Francis who became the most senior Roman Catholic prelate sent to prison for child sexual abuse, before later being acquitted of all charges, died on Tuesday in Rome. He was 81. The cause of death was complications from hip replacement surgery, according to Peter Comensoli, […]