Between the recent Census Report on poverty in America and the talk in Washington about balancing the budget and creating jobs, the economy continues to...
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We’re a both/and church, says Ken Trainor. By guest blogger Ken Trainor Is the church a democracy or an autocracy? Is the glass half full or half empty...
A sad day, indeed. Despite pleas from religious leaders, lawyers, and family members, despite seven of nine witnesses recanting their testimonies, lack of a...
The undocumented immigrant community is mostly urban and increasingly suburban. A few years ago it was assumed to be mostly rural–farmer workers to pick...
I wonder how many refrigerators Rep. John Fleming (R-LA) can afford to buy so that he won’t be mistaken for being poor. In an interview with MSNBC about...
With the president showing his hand on his deficit-reduction plan, Chicago Theological Seminary Prof. Susan Brooks Thistlewaite argues that the anti-tax mantra...
The controversy surrounding Priests for Life head Father Frank Pavone being recalled to the Diocese of Amarillo has continued to snowball, and a bad situation...
The first day of fall is still officially a week away, but here in Chicago the weather has cooled off and summer feels like a distant memory. It’s not...
In Player Piano, Kurt Vonnegut depicted a world in which the average working schmoe was completely redundant. Machines did all the work, made all the products...
Is Alzheimers cause for divorce? Pat Robertson says it is. Asked for advice from a friend whose wife is suffering from the disease, Robertson said on his show...
