income inequality
Study: Only half of American households donate to charity
By Haleluya Hadero — July 28, 2021
(AP) — Donations to charitable causes are reaching record highs, but the giving is done by a smaller and smaller slice of the population.
Lent’s countercultural call is as old as the church—and more necessary than ever
By Charles C. Camosy and Sherif K. Moussa — February 20, 2020
(RNS) — Lent can help us turn away from politics and focus on how our participation in a consumerist, throwaway culture contributes to inequality.
Trump should heed French economist Piketty and levy an Islamic tax
By Tahir Nasser — November 22, 2016
(RNS) Thomas Piketty advocated for the kind of tax that would help the working class that elected Donald Trump. The bad news for the president-elect is that it is a solution that has actually been a part of Islam for the past 1,400 years in what is known as zakat.
Sanders: Pope Francis is a socialist like me
By David Gibson — February 22, 2016
(RNS) In a new interview, the insurgent Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders continues to wrap himself in the pontiff’s mantle. But does that mean Catholics can “feel the Bern” in the voting booth?
The other narrative about Ferguson, Mo. (COMMENTARY)
By Tom Ehrich — August 19, 2014
(RNS) I know from my years there as a pastor that Ferguson is a strong community. The town has rootedness, civic pride, strong churches, and a fervent desire to make an integrated community work.
ANALYSIS: Conservatives squawk over pope’s tweet on inequality
By David Gibson — April 29, 2014
(RNS) A three-word tweet from Pope Francis -- in Latin -- about inequality left some conservatives dazed and confused over Catholic teachings on economics, or rather Pope Francis' interpretation of them.
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