Huerta’s lack of recognition is certainly not due to a lack of proximity to power; she stood alongside giants of American history.
Social Justice
Posted inDispatches, Politics & Society
Swaziland church takes lead in fighting human trafficking, violence against women
Swaziland’s police commissioner praised the Diocese of Manzini and Bishop José Luis Ponce de Leon for organizing marches to help in “the fight against crime.”
Posted inFaith, News
U.S. Bishops’ Labor Day message: “Unions must retain and recover their prophetic voice”
“The entire social pact is built around work. This is the core of the problem. Because when you do not work, or you work badly, you work little or you work too much, it is democracy that enters into crisis, and the entire social pact.”
Posted inDispatches, Faith
Will the bishops’ new anti-racism committee make a difference?
An ad hoc committee to deal with racism in society and in the church may lead to the first pastoral letter on racism written by U.S. bishops since 1979
Posted inPolitics & Society, Short Take
The decline of unions is part of a bad 50 years for American workers
Worker productivity has been going up, but wages are not keeping up.
Posted inPolitics & Society, Short Take
For white Christians, non-racism is not enough
In the wake of Charlottesville, mere “non-racism” is not an option. It recognizes the evil of white supremacy but washes its hands of responsibility.
Posted inEditorials, Politics & Society
The Editors: Catholics must combat racism and bigotry at every turn.
The way forward is the way of the penitent and prophet.
Posted inArts & Culture, Books
Winston and George, writers and truth tellers at heart
As social observers, generally from opposite ends of the political spectrum, both men were keenly aware of England’s long-held class divisions.
Posted inArts & Culture, Books
The long, ugly history of segregated housing
Government action at every level has caused segregated housing and its ugly effects in the United States.
Posted inDispatches, Politics & Society
El Salvador’s new cardinal pledges to protect the legacy of Óscar Romero
For newly appointed Cardinal Gregorio Rosa Chávez, the time is right to revive Romero’s legacy in a country still battered by violence and poverty.