Not all persons trafficked in the United States are coming in from distant points in Asia, Europe, or Central America. Some U.S. victims of trafficking and...
Margin Notes
Discover Margin Notes columns on economic justice and current events, offering thoughtful reflections for Catholics engaging the world.
Barack Obama’s election was historic, but can his presidency be great? At a time of historic economic, social, and strategic challenges, the election of...
After the Wall Street wipeout, in a world full of hurt, we’re still our brothers’ keepers. With the carnage on Wall Street con- tinuing at a jaw...
New classes of "usable" nuclear weapons are on the Pentagon's menu. Who's buying? Bunker Buster the Friendly Nuke was launched by the...
Families separated. Millions left for dead. Do we share some of the blame? Patrick Mwnyamahord knows where his father is buried because a neighbor showed him...
Sometimes the toxic waste is not just in babies’ diapers. The samples reviewed by the researchers at the Washington based Environmental Working Group...
A recent United Nations report offers a sobering assessment on the condition of women. "WOMAN'S WORKS IS NEVER DONE" is an adage that is...
Third World women could be the new recruits in the global war on poverty. Since commodities first changed hands for cash, the women...
Billions of the world's poorest are being denied even the most basic natural resource. Most of us in the west have grown used to thinking about...
Here's a new strategy for victory in Iraq: surrender to the things we say we believe. Lord have mercy, for we persist in our obstinate ways...
