Buyer beware: That low-priced shirt might have cost someone their life. New York City made it easier to eat healthier a few years ago by requiring that calorie...
Economic justice
As president and CEO of Catholic Relief Services, Carolyn Woo brings a strong sense of leadership and vision to the organization, which was founded by the U.S...
It would be easy to dismiss the struggle to reconcile a work life with a family life as universal. In some ways, however, this is a uniquely American problem:...
Parenting can be a costly, time-consuming endeavor. Can the church help make American workplaces more family-friendly? Brookes Ebetsch took only a long weekend...
Editors’ note: Sounding Board is one person’s take on a many-sided subject and does not necessarily reflect the opinions of U.S. Catholic, its editors...
Care for all human life begins with protecting our planet. When Cardinal Joseph Bernardin proposed a “consistent ethic of life” 30 years ago, he argued that to...
The best resource on wage theft is Kim Bobo’s outstanding book Wage Theft in America: Why Millions of Working Americans Are Not Getting Paid—and What We Can Do...
Growing up in what she describes as a “pretty conservative church background” in Ohio, Kim Bobo excelled at memorizing her Bible verses. “I won all the...
Cutting out the middleman may increase the value of our charitable donations. Most savvy charity “shoppers” have learned that a little homework is required to...
Donors bent on saving struggling Catholic schools have deep pockets and even deeper commitment. The closing of Our Lady of Sorrows School in Portland, Oregon...
