Our nation has an empathy gap.
Poverty
Posted inPolitics & Society, Short Take
Dear Joe Biden: Don’t forget the poor.
President Biden faces a litany of crises, writes Bill McCormick, S.J. But he must make a special effort to remember the nation’s poor, who do not have a seat at the political table.
Posted inInterviews, Politics & Society
Interview: Why did so many Democrats vote for Trump—and what should Joe Biden do about it?
In the elections of 2016 and 2020, Trump lost the popular vote. Yet he managed to win some of the most loyal Democratic communities in the nation.
Posted inArts & Culture, Film
Is Netflix’s ‘Hillbilly Elegy’ poverty porn?
Let’s unpack this critique, because how the poor are represented matters.
Posted inPodcasts, Politics & Society
Voting Catholic: How can Catholics help alleviate poverty in the United States?
A perennial social crisis affecting many other issues, Pope Francis has called for a poor church for the poor. What does poverty in America look like in 2020? And will the political parties finally tackle the issue plaguing tens of millions of Americans?
Posted inNews, Politics & Society
Profit over safety, especially in pandemic, ‘unjust,’ says Labor Day statement
The chairman of the U.S. Bishops’ Committee on Domestic Justice and Human Development, Archbishop Paul S. Coakley, has said that companies are using the excuse of the pandemic to take advantage of their workers.
Posted inNews, Politics & Society
Cardinal Czerny: Care of the earth and concern for migrants are connected
The “common thread” among the celebrations, especially in 2020, the cardinal said, “is our common home in which the cry of the earth and the cry of the poor are one cry.”
Posted inNews, Politics & Society
Mexican parishes refocus aid responses as coronavirus pandemic drags on
Many parishes lack resources, having not received money in the collection basket because of suspended services.
Posted inNews, Politics & Society
Pope Francis: Making the poor a priority isn’t political, it’s the Gospel
The preferential option for the poor, which includes feeding the hungry and drawing close to the excluded, “is the key criterion of Christian authenticity,” Pope Francis said Aug. 19 during his weekly general audience.
Posted inFaith, Faith in Focus
Remembering George Anderson: a Jesuit for and with the poor
George M. Anderson, S.J., who died on Aug. 4 at age 86, was for many years the conscience of America magazine, especially in his focus on and commitment to the poor.