Private and religious groups are starting to pay reparations for slavery—but it’s nowhere near enough.

by John W. Miller June 18, 2021

“From a Catholic point of view, there’s no question that reparations make sense.”

Politics & Society, The Moral Economy

Pope Francis is right: modern poverty in the United States is a scandal. But what are possible solutions?

by John W. Miller May 27, 2021

In the United States, there is almost nowhere that is not simultaneously very rich and very poor.

Rosalind Russell as Hildy Johnson in ‘His Girl Friday’; Marty Baron, formerly of the Washington Post; and Steve Novotney, a newspaper entrepreuner in West Virginia (photos: Alamy, AP, and John W. Miller)

Politics & Society, The Moral Economy

It’s easy to hate ‘the media.’ But local journalism is essential (and holy) work.

by John W. Miller April 28, 2021

Journalism gets attention when it breaks big stories about institutions like Enron and the Catholic Church. But they can only do that work if they are consistently read — and broadly trusted.

Arts & Culture, Ideas

Meet your bicycle: the transportation incarnation of Catholic Social Teaching.

by John W. Miller March 16, 2021

Bicycles are theologically sound. Ask Pope Francis.

Arts & Culture, Books

Review: How China turned the U.S. economy into a warzone

by John W. Miller February 18, 2021

In ‘Superpower Showdown,’ Bob Davis and Lingling Wei describe a new Cold War as the United States and China figure out how to manage the repercussions of China’s rise, including U.S. protectionism and tensions over Taiwan, military strength and human rights.

Jeff Bezos, Mark Zuckereberg and Pope Francis (AP)

Politics & Society, The Moral Economy

Inside Pope Francis’ mission to make capitalism work for the common good

by John W. Miller January 27, 2021

More than any previous pontiff, Francis has been lobbied by C.E.O.s to soften his skepticism about capitalism, and he in turn has pressed them to better serve the poor and the planet.