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A TALE OF TWO FUTURES: THE FATE OF THE DOLLAR GENERAL ECONOMY
A TALE OF TWO FUTURES: THE FATE OF THE DOLLAR GENERAL ECONOMY Submitted by Dan Graff on March 16, 2018 – 12:26pm BY DAN GRAFF, DIRECTOR, HIGGINS LABOR PROGRAM Note: This blog post is dedicated to the author’s father, Bill Graff — devoted husband, father, and grandfather; retired union pipe fitter; and worrier over the nation’s future — who turns […]
Let’s Take the First Step: The Catholic Church and the Challenge of Reconciliation in Colombia
Let’s Take the First Step: The Catholic Church and the Challenge of Reconciliation in Colombia Submitted by Cindy Voll on March 6, 2018 – 3:27pm Jimena Holguin, International Summer Service Learning Program Latin America Assistant Director, March 6, 2018. In October 2016, the President of Colombia, Juan Manuel Santos, held a plebiscite to ratify the peace […]
Blessed are the Peacemakers
Blessed are the Peacemakers Submitted by Cindy Voll on February 14, 2018 – 4:10pm Ben Wilson, Summer Service Learning Program Director, Institute for Social Concerns, February 14, 2018. Peacebuilding might seem at first blush to belong to the rarified domain of diplomats, security councils, and top military brass—in short, people far removed and far different […]
The ethical challenge of nuclear disarmament: formation of personal and social conscience
The ethical challenge of nuclear disarmament: formation of personal and social conscience Submitted by jpshortall on January 25, 2018 – 1:41pm Margie Pfeil, Department of Theology and the Institute for Social Concerns, January 10, 2018. On Nov. 8-10, 2017, I had the great privilege of attending a conference hosted at the Vatican on the topic […]
A report from the recent Vatican conference on nuclear disarmament
A report from the recent Vatican conference on nuclear disarmament Submitted by jpshortall on January 25, 2018 – 11:39am Kevin Kho, graduate student, Department of Theology, December 12, 2017. On November 10–11, 2017, the Holy See hosted a conference entitled “Perspectives for a World Free From Nuclear Weapons and For Integral Disarmament.” Attended by eleven […]
CROSSOVER APPEAL: ATHLETES, ARTISTS, & ACTIVISTS
CROSSOVER APPEAL: ATHLETES, ARTISTS, & ACTIVISTS Submitted by Dan Graff on October 2, 2017 – 10:15pm BY DAN GRAFF, DIRECTOR, HIGGINS LABOR PROGRAM Usually I fear that the enterprise we call social media presages worldwide doom, but once in a great while I find it promises whimsical delight, as when a Facebook friend recently began posting seemingly […]
IT’S TIME TO FIRE THE “UNION BOSS.” HERE’S WHY.
IT’S TIME TO FIRE THE “UNION BOSS.” HERE’S WHY. Submitted by Dan Graff on September 1, 2017 – 2:03pm BY DAN GRAFF, DIRECTOR, HIGGINS LABOR PROGRAM In case natural disaster, nuclear war, and unpredictable political leaders are not enough to keep us up at night, we remain under threat by an age-old specter: the menace of the […]
FIND AND FOLLOW YOUR NORTH STAR
FIND AND FOLLOW YOUR NORTH STAR Submitted by Dan Graff on April 13, 2017 – 7:30pm BY DAN GRAFF, DIRECTOR, HIGGINS LABOR PROGRAM Colson Whitehead’s The Underground Railroad has now won the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award for fiction, and it’s a fitting choice for our current political moment. Published in the midst of ongoing […]
CONTEXT IS EVERYTHING: WHY HIDDEN FIGURES FEELS NOT JUST GOOD BUT NECESSARY
CONTEXT IS EVERYTHING: WHY HIDDEN FIGURES FEELS NOT JUST GOOD BUT NECESSARY Submitted by Dan Graff on March 16, 2017 – 1:14pm BY DAN GRAFF, DIRECTOR, HIGGINS LABOR PROGRAM “We shall lie down pleasantly dreaming that the people of Missouri are on the verge of making their State free; and we shall awake to the reality, instead, […]
THE SOUTH HAS RISEN AGAIN
THE SOUTH HAS RISEN AGAIN Submitted by Dan Graff on March 16, 2017 – 1:14pm BY DAN GRAFF, DIRECTOR, HIGGINS LABOR PROGRAM “We shall lie down pleasantly dreaming that the people of Missouri are on the verge of making their State free; and we shall awake to the reality, instead, that the Supreme Court has made Illinois […]