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September 2018

September 04, 2018

Kavanaugh and the Threat to Women

Reversing Roe does nothing to address the causes of unintended pregnancies nor many of the...

May 2018

May 26, 2018

Why Falling U.S. Birthrates are a Good Thing

The reality of our climate crisis is so profound that we must recognize it will...

May 13, 2018

All I Want for Mother’s Day is . . . An End to Poverty

A new Poor People’s Campaign is launched on May 13, 2018 – Mother’s Day. An...

April 2018

April 28, 2018

Paul Ryan Surprised to Find Christianity is Political

Jesus didn’t say to the lame, “Rise up and go get a job!” or to...

November 2015

November 24, 2015

Thanksgiving, Banquets, and Hunger: Pausing to Consider Justice in the Midst of Plenty

Ending hunger is not some pie-in-the-sky utopian dream. It is a matter of political will.

October 2015

October 28, 2015

How to Fight Right-Wing Abortion Extremists and Help Poor Women

Finally, now, instead of simply feeling sick and tired by this relentless attack on women’s...

August 2015

August 31, 2015

Bernie Sanders Is Riding the Third Rail

By standing up for socialism and ideas that have been marked as unpopular and unwinnable,...

July 2015

July 24, 2015

NC Legislators Cut Off Nose to Spite Face

In the midst of the racism and prejudice particularly against black people that permeates the...

June 2015

June 08, 2015

Transforming the Teaching of Poverty

This morning, ninety college students and four law students from nineteen colleges and universities will...

June 05, 2015

Debunking the Myth of “Bootstrap” Morality

Despite our insistence that if people just worked harder they would improve their economic circumstances,...

February 2015

February 20, 2015

Fighting Poverty and Politics in North Carolina

North Carolina has the dubious honor of leading the nation in the increase of people...