As the spiritual leader of the world’s 1.4 billion Catholics, Pope Francis unified people of different generations. He encouraged genuine love for humans—”Todo, todo, todo.” He spoke out against war, militarism, and the ravages of climate change.
The Great Hunger was a modern event, shaped by the belief that the poor are the authors of their own misery and that the market must be obeyed at all costs.
Today, while the Trump administration continues to unveil new attacks on what the Bible calls, “the least of these,” it’s important to remember the prophetic tradition of faith leaders of the past as well as the heroic moral organizing happening now.
California poet Nels Goñi Christianson describes two ways of celebrating Thanksgiving.
The unforgiving reality of cash bail transforms “innocent until proven guilty” into “guilty until proven wealthy.”
The rich are growing astronomically richer while poverty reduction has ground to a standstill. In today’s world of widespread poverty and unprecedented wealth, how about raising the wages of the most poorly-paid workers?
New research suggests that the company makes the communities it operates in poorer—even taking into account its famous low prices.
As HUD secretary, Scott Turner would oversee billions in housing aid, but as a Texas state legislator he voted against protections for poor tenants and has called government assistance “one of the most destructive things for the family.”
California poet Nels Goñi Christianson honors the women who made him the man he is, their often undervalued care and strength.
When Biden’s boosters were confronted with polling that most Americans felt negative about the economy, their response was to point to aggregate data. Yet, no one lives in the aggregate. You remember the day the sheriff puts you out of your home.
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