Three Catholic charitable organizations that support programs in the United States and around the world rank among the top 100 groups in terms of fundraising.
Economics
Posted inArts & Culture, Culture
‘Chaos Monkeys’ peers through the opacity of online advertising
With a sense of itself as the future of humanity, Facebook proves to be no ordinary company. When you’ve got a billion users, Martínez points out, it doesn’t matter if your advertising model is enormously flawed.
Posted inNews, Politics & Society
Financial trouble affects a growing number of U.S. families
“About four in 10 delayed at least one thing like eating, paying bills or medical care or they required financial help—perhaps housing—from friends, family or other sources.”
Posted inIn All Things, Politics & Society
Election 2016: What would Alexander Hamilton do?
Hamilton was a New Yorker, a lawyer like Hillary Clinton and a business investor like Donald Trump.
Posted inFirst Monday, Politics & Society
What the Wells Fargo scandal and Edward Snowden have in common
It is time to improve our nation’s whistleblower and false claims laws.
Posted inIn All Things, Politics & Society
Creating a safe space for Honduran teens
Lorena was 12 years old when her mother went to Spain in search of work. A week later, she began taking cocaine.
Posted inDispatches, Politics & Society
Zuma government critic is charged with fraud
The decision by South Africa’s National Prosecuting Authority to charge Minister of Finance Pravin Gordhan and two associates with fraud is significant to say the least.
Posted inPolitics & Society, Signs Of the Times
London town is falling up? Saving a famous skyline from too-rapid development
Along the River Thames, to the east and the west, new tall buildings shoot up almost monthly.
Posted inIn All Things, Politics & Society
Want to address Guatemala’s migrant crisis? Get this girl a job.
Angelita has a resume that would make any aspiring Ivy Leaguer look over their shoulder.