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What Are We Trading Away? Originally Posted: 09/14/2012 - 12:30pm | Type: Blog: The Trans Pacific Partnership--basically, NAFTA for the Pacific Rim--threatens human rights, the planet we all have to live on, and helping the poor. When the U.S. is negotiating ...
Catholic Bishop: Unions and Government Will Sign Agreement After 44 Killed in Mine Violence Originally Posted: 08/28/2012 - 1:53pm | Type: Blog: Unions and Gov't Will Sign Agreement After 44 Killed in Mine Violence in South Africa Bishop Kevin Dowling, the Catholic bishop of Rustenburg, South Africa, is co-president w ...
Catholic University vs. Catholic Social Teaching on Unions Originally Posted: 06/18/2012 - 3:49pm | Type: Blog: Duquesne University says it's too Catholic for adjunct faculty to unionize, but the Catholic Church has called unions an "indispensible element of social life." ...
Obama's Delay in Approving the Keystone XL Pipeline is a Victory for God's Earth Originally Posted: 11/10/2011 - 7:16pm | Type: Blog: President’s Obama’s delay in approving the Keystone XL Pipeline is a victory for the movement to stop it, for God’s Earth, for the possibility of reversing climate change, and for saving the integrity of this ...
A Robin Hood for Wall Street Originally Posted: 11/06/2011 - 4:39pm | Type: Blog: With the opening of the G20 Summit in Cannes, France today, an idea that's been around for awhile is in the news again and gaining more attention as a result of the #OWS movement: The so-called " ...
God in Wisconsin: Scott Walker's Misguided 'Obedience' Originally Posted: 07/14/2011 - 8:35am | Type: Blog: As the stand off between workers and Governor Scott Walker continues in Wisconsin, <a href="http://www.wichurches.org/advocacy/faith-community-response-to-the-wisconsin-budget-crisis/" target=&quo ...
Christian Anti-Logic and Immigration Reform Originally Posted: 08/31/2011 - 4:40pm | Type: Blog: <p><a href="http://www.ryanrodrickbeiler.com/Protests-and-Rallies/May-Day-Immigration-Rally-2010/12041094_aXpkQ#855594020_q5SQY"></a>The issue of illegal immigration in the United S ...
What Catholics Can Teach Glenn Beck About Social Justice Originally Posted: 08/31/2011 - 4:40pm | Type: Blog: <p><a href="http://blog.sojo.net/2010/03/24/what-catholics-can-teach-glenn-beck-about-social-justice/"></a>While it's generally not worth spilling any ink over Glenn Beck, his ...
The Pope and the President: Unlikely Allies Seeking Common Ground for the Common Good Originally Posted: 07/14/2011 - 8:18am | Type: Blog: When Pope Benedict XVI meets with President Obama in Rome today, a shy German theologian and a charismatic leader known for his international rock star appeal will find plenty to agree on despite s ...
Markets, Morality, and the Common Good Originally Posted: 08/31/2011 - 4:39pm | Type: Blog: <p><a href="http://blog.sojo.net/tag/economy-special-focus/"></a></p> Not long ago, those who demonized government and preached the go ...
Nonviolence Begets Nonviolence Originally Posted: 07/14/2011 - 8:17am | Type: Blog: The dynamics of "violence begets violence" are simple and probably understood by everyone who has ever been in a fight. The dynamics of "violence begets violence&qu ...
Putting Some Labor Back in Labor Day Weekend Services Originally Posted: 08/31/2011 - 2:17pm | Type: Blog: Labor Day weekend is often a slow time for congregations. Members are attending family gatherings. Parents are getting children ready for school. Labor Day weekend is often a slow ...