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Steve Larkin - Catholic News Service
Attorney General Xavier Becerra has ordered Food for the Poor to "cease and desist" from using a statement about the percentage of donations that go to direct aid. Becerra has called the statement "unfair and deceptive."
Politics & SocietyNews
Mark Pattison - Catholic News Service
The recipient of welfare money has to work at a job, be actively seeking a job or take part in a job training program -- and be able to document it -- to receive the cash assistance. Those who don't are at risk of having their funds cut off for months. For repeat offenders, it could be years.
Sen. Robert F. Kennedy meets a resident of Greenville, Miss., in April 1967. (AP Photo/Jack Thornell)
Politics & SocietyDispatches
Antonio De Loera-Brust
Our measurements of poverty have changed since Robert F. Kennedy’s historic presidential campaign, but the poor and marginalized still need a champion.
FaithNews
Junno Arocho Esteves - Catholic News Service
According to Caritas Roma, an estimated 1.4 million euros ($1.7 million) worth of coins were tossed into the famed fountain in 2016.
Politics & SocietyEditorials
The Editors
The foundational flaw with the proposed reform is the stripping away of choice, and the dignity that comes with it, from low-income Americans.
Politics & SocietyDispatches
Jim McDermott
The film "The Florida Project" depicts a new reality: families who live week to week in motels, unable to afford permanent housing.