Africa is making headlines, but one of its gravest tragedies remains overlooked. There have been at least four major news events emerging out of Africa in...
Margin Notes
Discover Margin Notes columns on economic justice and current events, offering thoughtful reflections for Catholics engaging the world.
Paul Ryan says he has a cure for poverty, but the evidence says otherwise. Pity poor Paul Ryan. Even as the Wisconsin congressman tries to reinvent himself as...
Our inflated military budget comes at the expense of the nation’s most vulnerable. A fundamental responsibility of national defense is a rational assessment of...
Growing numbers of unaccompanied minors are risking their lives to escape their dangerous homelands. Will we offer them safe harbor? Migrant deaths in the...
Employers are falling down on the job when it comes to ensuring worker safety. In November Pope Francis raised eyebrows and generated headlines when he...
As the bee population declines, we can either listen to the buzz or feel the sting. For years scientists have been puzzling over a vast die-off of bees in the...
Pope Francis recently said that he wants bishops who are pastoral, not ideological—in tune with their people, “shepherds living with the smell of the sheep.”...
An end to global poverty and suffering is in sight, but much more work remains. In a world awash with suffering and sorrow—the ongoing humanitarian catastrophe...
What is the cost of being poor in America? Researchers have long known that because of a broad reduction in retail and other consumer choices experienced by...
So-called “cheap” energy sources will have a high cost for future generations. We have been told that we live in a threshold age of energy production, an era...
