We are living in the middle of the Second Gilded Age. The American political system needs major reform to cope with the malign impact of elite economic interests on both electoral outcomes and the policies that our elected officials enact (or fail to enact). We need another Progressive Movement that cuts across partisan lines to… Read More Money & Politics: The System is Broken
Archbishop José Gomez: “We must rediscover the importance of the Church’s social doctrine & our personal duty as Christians to work for justice and the common good.”
This post by Brendan Busse, SJ is also featured on The Jesuit Post. My memory stinks. It’s incredible how little content I actually remember from my own schooling. As a teacher this both frustrated me and liberated me from the ego-driven worry that my students would receive, savor, and treasure every last pearl that dropped from my… Read More Before You Know It: Learning to Love
The Initiative on Catholic Social Thought and Public Life of Georgetown University had its second event for young Catholic professionals, Resisting the Throwaway Culture: Pope Francis’ Message on Human Life and Dignity. This Salt and Light Gathering featured the anti-death penalty activist Sister Helen Prejean, C.S.J. (who was famously played by Susan Sarandon in Dead… Read More Resisting the Throwaway Culture: Pope Francis’ Message on Human Life and Dignity
Check out these recent articles from around the web: Our infant mortality rate is a national embarrassment by Christopher Ingraham: “In fact, infant mortality rates among wealthy Americans are similar to the mortality rates among wealthy Fins and Austrians. The difference is that in Finland and Austria, poor babies are nearly as likely to survive… Read More Around the Web (Part 2)
Check out these recent articles from around the web: A New Agenda for American Families and the Economy by Heather Boushey: “These costs are not borne solely by families: the lack of child care, elder care, paid sick days, paid family and medical leave, and flexible schedules constrains economic growth and reduces the productivity of… Read More Around the Web (Part 1)
Millennial editor Robert Christian has a new article in Time Magazine. He writes: Bishop Cupich has been labeled a moderate by some who are analyzing the appointment through the prism of American politics. In some sense this is true. He is committed to finding common ground and engaging in civil dialogue. He rejects the confrontational… Read More The New Archbishop of Chicago Is a Radical—And That’s a Good Thing
