Category: News
The Common Good and the Challenge of Populism
The Common Good and the Challenge of Populism Submitted by Cindy Voll on March 7, 2019 – 11:05am Anna Blackman, Research Fellow, Institute for Social Concerns, March 2019 Over the last several years, populism has become a political buzzword, being used to refer to numerous left and right interpretations, but all approaches share in common […]
Moving Margins through Postgraduate Service
Moving Margins through Postgraduate Service Submitted by Cindy Voll on February 6, 2019 – 1:21pm Karen Manier, Lead Coordinator, Postgraduate Service, Institute for Social Concerns, February 2019. The Center’s theme this year—a lens for focusing our work, given the vast number of social issues confronting our world—is “Moving Margins: Living the Option for the Poor,” an […]
CHALLENGING TRUMP’S BORDER POLICY IN A SONG: ALEJANDRO ESCOVEDO’S “SILVER CITY”
CHALLENGING TRUMP’S BORDER POLICY IN A SONG: ALEJANDRO ESCOVEDO’S “SILVER CITY” Submitted by Dan Graff on January 23, 2019 – 6:01pm I write this in the midst of the longest government shutdown in US history — 25 days and counting — idling 800,000 federal workers, disrupting public services, and threatening to push the economy into […]
Fleeing West: finding God among the poor and most vulnerable
Fleeing West: finding God among the poor and most vulnerable Submitted by Katie Warner on December 19, 2018 – 3:32pm [Image: “Refugees: La Sagrada Familia” icon by Kelly Latimore, contemporary iconographer] Melissa Marley Bonnichsen, Director, Leadership Formation, Institute for Social Concerns, December 2018. “In the poor [vulnerable], we find the presence of Jesus, who, though rich, became poor.. in […]
ENVISIONING A JUST WAGE ECONOMY
ENVISIONING A JUST WAGE ECONOMY Submitted by Dan Graff on November 8, 2018 – 3:51pm Taking Catholic Social Teaching (CST) as inspiration, in particular Pope John Paul II’s claim that “a just wage is the concrete means of verifying the justice of the whole socioeconomic system,” the Higgins Labor Program at the Institute for Social Concerns is […]
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 […]