Author: Digital Hill
HOW TO WAGE WAR ON LOW PAY
HOW TO WAGE WAR ON LOW PAY Submitted by Dan Graff on November 8, 2018 – 3:43pm When the stock market crash of 1929 ushered in the worst economic crisis in U.S. history, the American people and policymakers combined to remake the democratic capitalist order with workers and consumers at the center. The New Deal — the […]
WHAT’S UP WITH WAGES? NOTHING, AND THAT’S A PROBLEM (NOT A PUZZLE)
WHAT’S UP WITH WAGES? NOTHING, AND THAT’S A PROBLEM (NOT A PUZZLE) Submitted by Dan Graff on November 8, 2018 – 3:25pm We like to believe that a rising tide lifts all boats — canoe and cruise ship alike — but most Americans who don’t own a yacht have been drowning due to forty years […]
Solidarity, Because Love Demands It
Solidarity, Because Love Demands It Submitted by Cindy Voll on October 31, 2018 – 2:44pm Felicia Johnson O’Brien, Assistant Director, Summer Service Learning Program, Institute for Social Concerns, October 31, 2018. I have a love-hate relationship with the word solidarity. It’s a beautiful, inspiring principle. The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ statement on solidarity boldly declares, […]
Building a global Catholic social tradition network
Building a global Catholic social tradition network Submitted by Cindy Voll on September 24, 2018 – 10:04am Bill Purcell, Senior Associate Director for Catholic Social Tradition, Institute for Social Concerns, September 24, 2018. The Catholic social tradition remains a true gift from the Church to the world. The Institute for Social Concerns is attempting to […]
A Greater Readiness: Attuning our Lives to Racial Justice
A Greater Readiness: Attuning our Lives to Racial Justice Submitted by Cindy Voll on April 13, 2018 – 8:58am Kyle Lantz, Social Concerns Seminars Assistant Director, April 13, 2018. “Let us rise up tonight with a greater readiness. Let us stand with a greater determination. And let us move on in these powerful days, these days […]
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 […]