Bishop Doug Fisher of the Diocese of Western Massachusetts states quite clearly that casinos are bad news for the poor. His diocese has joined a
Poverty is more pervasive than we realize, says Mark Rank in an op-ed for The New York Times. He writes:
The Port Huron Times Herald reports:
Funding for the federal food stamps will shrink by $5 billion this week, and the pain may not stop there, says the Wonk Blog at
The government shutdown may be over, but cuts to social programs that help the poor are very much still with us. In my church work,
I just returned from the first national conference presented by Thistle Farms, the amazing Nashville-based ministry launched by the Rev. Becca Stevens to help women
This article from Salon is partisan to be sure, but it asks an important question: why aren’t poverty or income inequality part of the agenda
The Tablet has some news about the June meeting of Pope Francis and Justin Welby, the Archbishop of Canterbury: The Archbishop of Canterbury is hoping
The Rev. David R. Henson says that local laws that criminalize the homeless also criminalize Jesus.
The Rev. Robyn Barnes has been to summer camp and learned a few things about rules and priorities, both as they apply to children and