The Common Good

Economic Justice

Includes poverty, education, moral economy, etc.

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Personhood for Profit
by Vincent Miller | June 2012
Seeing corporations as people, are we making ourselves over in their image? +Read More

Fairness for Whom?
by Jim Rice | June 2012
Fairness matters, especially for people on society’s margins—and that conviction goes far beyond tax equity to every aspect of public policy. For people of the Book, it’s much more important than... +Read More

College Students Find Life 'Better Together'
by Eboo Patel | May 2012
Gathering people from different faiths to serve others is one way of living out the command of Jesus to offer comfort to the afflicted. +Read More

Doing it the Hard Way
by Betsy Shirley | May 2012
Gamaliel's Ana Garcia-Ashley is the first woman of color to lead a national community organizing network, faith-based or otherwise. And she's pulling no punches. +Read More

Not Worth the Gamble
by Phil Blackwell | May 2012
Internet sales of lottery tickets are shortsighted and wrong. +Read More

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by Melanie Morrison | April 2012
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A Mile in Your Shoes
by Joel C. Hunter | April 2012
We need to build understanding as well as skills to break the cycle of poverty, because our obligation as Christians is not just help, it’s love. +Read More

Banking For the Rest of Us
by Stacy Mitchell | April 2012
Banking used to be an agreement between neighbors, not a transaction between chairmen of the board. It's time for a new set of rules—banking policies for the 99 percent. +Read More

A Hire Law for Churches
by Melissa Rogers | April 2012
The Supreme Court decision on the ministerial exception deserves a "hosanna" — and prayerful consideration. +Read More

Are Voter-ID Laws Racist?
by Jim Rice | April 2012
More than 5 million voters could be affected by new Voter-ID laws and (coincidentally?) a disproportionate number of them are people of color. +Read More
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