“Nonviolence created the pressure that caused the grape boycott to work,” says Jerry Cohen, who represented the United Farm Workers for nearly a decade and worked closely with Cesar Chavez.
Catholic Social Teaching
Posted inFaith, Interviews
Yes, Critical Race Theory is compatible with Catholicism. Here’s why.
Not every conclusion that comes out of critical race theory is compatible with Catholicism. But how could it be the case that Catholics would not want to engage with an intellectual tool that helps deepen understanding?
Posted inDispatches, Politics & Society
Bishop Stowe: Essential workers sacrificed their safety during the pandemic. Now Congress must pass stronger labor protections.
“Essential” workers have returned to “normal,” confronting the low wages, poor-to-no benefits—including no paid sick time or company-sponsored health insurance—they faced before the crisis.
Posted inFaith, Jesuitical
How Dr. Paul Farmer put Catholic social teaching into medical practice
Founded in 1987, Partners in Health has pioneered an approach to medicine that actually resembles Catholic social teaching’s preferential option for the poor.
Posted inFeatures, Politics & Society
Can Catholic social teaching redeem a post-Trump, pro-labor Republican Party?
Building a worker-friendly economy is a slow and difficult job. Stoking the rage and resentment of disaffected voters is much easier. Are pro-labor conservatives up to the task?
Posted inFaith, Faith in Focus
Once I discovered liberation theology, I couldn’t be Catholic without it
If the people are in the streets in protest, then the church has to be in the streets in protest, too.
Posted inPolitics & Society, Short Take
Catholics: Embrace being ‘woke.’ It’s part of our faith tradition.
It is easy to mock “wokeness,” writes Kathleen Bonnette, but developing an awareness of the realities that others face is relevant to the first step of the pastoral cycle: seeing.
Posted inFaith, Faith and Reason
‘Rerum Novarum’ is 130 years old. What would Leo XIII say about today’s gig economy?
An an important anniversary of Pope Leo XIII’s famous encyclical on workers’ rights, a look at how ‘Rerum Novarum’ applies to the vagaries of our new economy.
Posted inNews Analysis, Politics & Society
Was Joe Biden preaching Catholic social teaching to the Congress last night? Supporters think so.
But critics say the president’s talk about human dignity rings hollow when he is using his office to advance the greatest social injustice in America since slavery—abortion—in the next moment.
Posted inPolitics & Society, Short Take
Georgia’s new voting law is an affront to Catholic social teaching.
Georgia’s new voting law should set off social-justice alarm bells, writes Kathleen Bonnette. We should listen to the communities most affected by the new restrictions.