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Commonweal Magazine » Social Justice
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On this episode, sociologist Matthew Desmond explains how we can work not just to alleviate poverty, but to eradicate it ..read more
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Ruben Garcia, director of Annunciation House, a shelter serving migrants in El Paso, responds to the lawsuit recently filed by Texas state attorney general Ken Paxton ..read more
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Neoliberalism is doomed. Could a new model of social democracy replace it ..read more
Commonweal Magazine » Social Justice
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William Barber’s Life of Struggle
For William J. Barber II, the soul of America cannot be saved unless the rejected lead a moral and political revival.
By Gary Dorrien
September 25, 2023
Religion
Politics
Social Justice ..read more
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8M ago
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Helen Keller, Christian Socialist
Helen Keller's public image is benignly inspiring. A new book digs into her identity as a radical Leftist whose politics were rooted in her faith.
By Nick Tabor
August 29, 2023
Nonfiction
Social Justice ..read more
Commonweal Magazine » Social Justice
1y ago
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‘The Gospel Is a Social Gospel’
Rev. Traci Blackmon and her tradition of prophetic Black faith remain the moral epicenter of the social-justice movement in the United States.
By Gary Dorrien
May 2, 2023
Social Justice
Politics
Race ..read more
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1y ago
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A May Day Saint
Charismatic, combative, and silver-tongued, Fr. Thomas Hagerty waged a life-long struggle for the working class, all while remaining “as Catholic as the pope.”
By Dean Dettloff
April 30, 2023
Economy
U.S. Catholicism
Social Justice ..read more
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1y ago
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The Revolution of the Passion
Thieves, bandits, terrorists, freedom fighters, or revolutionaries: who were the ‘thieves’ crucified with Jesus? It depends on who’s labeled, and doing the labeling.
By Rubén Martínez
April 7, 2023
Spirituality
Social Justice
Immigration ..read more
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1y ago
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The Case for Social Housing
The crisis of affordable housing is a result of political choices, not economic laws.
By Fran Quigley
March 15, 2023
Social Justice
Economy
Domestic Affairs ..read more
Commonweal Magazine » Social Justice
1y ago
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An Interview with Pope Francis
From 2020: Pope Francis addresses the English-speaking world as the coronavirus pandemic now reaches the United States, Australia, and the United Kingdom.
By Austen Ivereigh
March 12, 2023
Pope Francis
Spirituality
Coronavirus
Theology
Social Justice ..read more