As the rich get richer, the growing inequality poses a wealth of problems. Last year Oxfam International released the results of its analysis of global wealth...
Economic justice
Creating a culture of encounter requires more than just organizing drives. It might even mean learning a name or two. About 10 years ago, during a college...
A little more than a year into his papacy, Pope Francis seems to be speaking loudest about economic injustice, alternatively denouncing “trickle-down”...
Want to see “the other America”? Just keep your eyes peeled the next time you stay in a hotel. Marta cleaned my hotel room when I attended a recent conference...
We’ve trickle-downed our way to shocking income inequality and a sluggish economy. Now it’s time for a reality check. Sounding Board is one person’s take on a...
Meet the woman who makes Walmart’s low-priced clothes. She works 10-hour days for $103 per month. And her factory is one of the good ones. Amid the bustle of...
Should a librarian have any less of a right to unionize than an auto worker or a nurse? In 1981 my grandmother, a librarian, became a union organizer. The...
Directed by Diego Luna (Lionsgate, 2014) If you’re old enough to remember the United Farm Workers (UFW) grape boycotts that began in 1965, stretching...
Can a corporation have religious beliefs? The Hobby Lobby decision looms. On March 29 of this year, thousands of people across the United States went on a...
The year 2009 was a particularly challenging one for independent farmers like Teri Rosendahl. With the global financial crisis in full swing, small family...
