The free-enterprise system is compatible with caring for the least of us, writes an economist and convert to Catholicism.
Economics
Posted inEditorials, Politics & Society
Americans are having fewer kids. Are housing costs to blame?
It is clearly more difficult to raise children in a nurturing environment without housing security.
Posted inFaith, Features
Faith is strong in middle America’s small towns—but its future is uncertain.
On any given Sunday, the pews of St. Michael’s in Axtell, Kan., are filled with more than half the town’s population.
Posted inDispatches, Politics & Society
Getting ready for Trump: Catholic leaders condemn the ‘imperialism’ of free markets
Working for a just wage remains a human and moral imperative, Cardinal Seán O’Malley said.
Posted inLast Take, Politics & Society
Women hold the keys to making Washington work again.
Do not expect a return to the days when comity could be coaxed with a little (or a lot) of bourbon and branch.
Posted inPolitics & Society, Your Take
Your Take: Trump’s first 100 days
We asked our readers what issues should President-Elect Donald J. Trump focus on in his first 100 days as president.
Posted inFaith, News
Pope Francis gathers Rome’s homeless to celebrate Epiphany.
Francis said he too wanted to give the faithful the gift of God's mercy for the coming year.
Posted inDispatches, Politics & Society
While Mexicans angered by hike in gas prices protest, a call for political change
I haven’t seen such an outburst of nationwide anger in many years.
Posted inNews, Politics & Society
Trump’s deportation claims spark action in farmers from California
The state produces nearly half the country's fruits, vegetables and nuts valued of $47 billion annually.
Posted inNews, Politics & Society
Why New Mexico’s “grocery tax” is going to hurt the poor (and the people trying to feed them)
Archbishop Wester: “Countless nonprofits and civic organizations work to fill food baskets, but some legislators want to take food out of another basket, the grocery basket, with their proposed food tax.”