Economic Justice

Progressives Do NOT Hate Wealth -- a #PPSA

Sally Kohn | Posted 05.18.2012

Read More: Humor, Money, Mark Zuckerberg, Economy, Jobs, Facebook IPO, Big Banks, Wall St, Income, Ows, Shareholder Protests, Politics, Video, Wealth, Eduardo Saverin, Tarp, Occupy Wall St, Inequality, Economic Justice, Politics News
Sally Kohn

In the first in a series of POLITICAL Public Service Announcements (#PPSA), I take on the conservative myth that liberals hate wealth and success. Not...

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March Because "Equal Enough" for Women Is Unacceptable

Soraya Chemaly | Posted 04.27.2012

Read More: Economic Justice, Equality, Women's Rights, Human Rights, Complementarianism, Lilly Ledbetter, Roe v. Wade, Abortion Rights, Reproductive Rights, Affordable Health Care, Economic Injustice, War on Women, Fair Pay, Reproductive Injustice, Unitewomen, Gender Inequality, Politics News
Soraya Chemaly

Tomorrow, thousands of women and men will participate in marches and rallies for women's rights in 45 states and the District of Columbia. American women need to be recognized as full citizens. Yes, women in this country.

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'Seriously?' An Open Letter to the 'Purpose Driven' Pastor

Rev. Susan Russell | Posted 04.16.2012

Read More: Economic Justice, Contraception, Christianity, President Obama, Health Care, Economy, Rick Warren, Rick Warren Politics, Rick Warren Interview, Politics News
Rev. Susan Russell

On Easter Sunday, ABC's "This Week" featured Jake Tapper's interview with "purpose driven" [sic] pastor Rick Warren -- covering issues of faith, politics and economics.

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Resurrecting The Cause For Which King Died

Rev. Dr. James A. Forbes, Jr. | Posted 04.03.2012

Read More: Martin Luther King Jr., Redistribution of Wealth, Economic Justice, Jobs, Unemployment, MLK Day, Christian Social Justice, Religion News
Rev. Dr. James A. Forbes, Jr.

The very week he died, MLK was in the process of planning the Poor People's Campaign to go to Washington, D.C. to document that poor people in this nation are citizens just like everybody.

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Three Killings: California, Florida, France

John Feffer | Posted 05.27.2012

Read More: Islamophobia, Economic Justice, Mohamed Merah, Shaima Alawadi, Nicolas Sarkozy, Trayvon Martin, Xenophobia, Tribalism, Utopia, World News
John Feffer

When our notion of the common good, of commonwealth, begins to disintegrate, all that is left are tribes defending their turf, standing their ground, enclosing their land.

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It's Not Capitalism, It's Cruelty

Kenneth Kales | Posted 05.27.2012

Read More: Economic Justice, Economic Recovery, Economics, Distribution of Wealth, 1%, Recession, Business News
Kenneth Kales

While we can show the proper self restraint to not take advantage of our power, cruel people will tear the faces off of civility and decency if given the chance. Please remember this. Because as the flood waters of the Great Recession recede, the cruel are wanting to nestle back in to their nests.

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David Brooks's Anti-Poverty Program: "Bourgeois Paternalism"

Joseph A. Palermo | Posted 04.16.2012

Read More: Economic Justice, Komen Foundation, William Julius Wilson, David Brooks, New York Times, Charles Murray, Poverty, Tony Judt, Catholic Bishops, Robert Rector, Media News
Joseph A. Palermo

Brooks writing about poverty is like a celibate writing about sex: it's something he knows nothing about.

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A Message to Millennials: We Are the Children of Dr. King's Dream

Heather McGhee | Posted 03.18.2012

Read More: Economic Justice, Economic Policy, Martin Luther King, Jobs, Millennials, Inequality, March on Washington, Occupy Wall Street, Tax Evasion, Trickle Down, MLK Day, Politics News
Heather McGhee

How is it that life has gotten harder financially for the vast majority of Americans over the past forty years, yet we have had so few public solutions?

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Supply And Demand Isn't Enough

Rabbi Bradley Shavit Artson | Posted 03.10.2012

Read More: Elections 2012, Economics, Tikkun Olam, Economic Justice, Scripture Commentary, Biblical Jubilee, Biblical Social Justice, Judaism, Jewish Social Justice, Religion News
Rabbi Bradley Shavit Artson

Biblical Israel aspired to attain a vision in which all people were recognized as reflections of God's image -- each person of equal worth and dignity.

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#OccupytheDream: Why We Must Organize

Andrew Wilkes | Posted 02.26.2012

Read More: Occupy the Dream, Economic Justice, Martin Luther King, Income Inequality, Economy, Occupy Wall Street, Occupy Faith, Religion News
Andrew Wilkes

The convergence of King's birthday and assassination with the advent of #OccupytheDream... offers a once-in-a-generation opportunity to publicly "refocus the cultural content" of black Christian faith in the direction of economic justice.

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The Disappearance of the Compassionate Conservatives

Jim Wallis | Posted 02.07.2012

Read More: Michael Gerson, Foreign Aid, Biblical Values, Economic Justice, Pepfar, George W. Bush, Compassionate Conservatives, Republicans, Holding Space, Christian, Politics News
Jim Wallis

The compassionate conservative space is vital to the health of the nation and the future of the poor, and therefore preserving it is essential. Republicans returning to it might further open up the space for the kind of bipartisan cooperation we desperately need.

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Occupy Wall-Mart: Save America. Live Better.

Al Norman | Posted 02.04.2012

Read More: Sam Walton, Made in America, Economic Justice, Occupy Wall-Mart, Walton Enterprises, Employee Free Choice Act, Business News
Al Norman

The encampments against corporate greed in the financial districts of America could just as well have appeared outside of Wal-Mart headquarters in Bentonville, Arkansas. There is no better example of corporate exploitation in the world.

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Who Is Winning the Political War on Wall Street?

Danny Schechter | Posted 02.04.2012

Read More: Economic Justice, Wall Street, Occupy Wall Street, Wall Street Prosecution, Business News
Danny Schechter

Wall Street has become a battleground, defended by a battalion of New York cops, and under surveillance around the clock. There's a war under way afte...

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Elders Meet Occupiers: 20th And 21st-Century Movements Connect

Rabbi Arthur Waskow | Posted 01.31.2012

Read More: Nonviolence, Occupy Wall Street Protest, Elders, The Elders, Civil Rights, Occupy Wall Street Protests, Occupy Wall Street, Economic Justice, God's Economy, Occupy Faith, Occupy Interfaith Service, Economy, Religion News
Rabbi Arthur Waskow

A delegation from the Council of Elders (veteran leaders of the freedom and peace movements of the mid-20th century) recently led an interfaith service at Zuccotti Park. Hundreds of OWS activists took part.

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Dave Ramsey's Deism And The Economics Of Jubilee

David J. Dunn, PhD | Posted 01.31.2012

Read More: Deism, Taxes, Dave Ramsey, Jubilee, Christian Theology, Occupy Wall Street, #Occupywallstreet, Occupy Movement, Economic Justice, Wealth Redistribution, God's Economy, Occupy Faith, Christian Economic Justice, Christianity, Dave Ramsey Occupy Wall Street, Economy, Dave Ramsey Occupy, Religion News
David J. Dunn, PhD

Though Christian financial "guru" Dave Ramsey claims not to understand Occupy Wall Street, he does know why protesters want to raise taxes on the wealthy: We are sinners. "At the core of this demand," he says, "is envy."

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Congress Agrees: Take From Those in Dire Need to Subsidize the Thriving Fortunate

Michael Thornton | Posted 01.28.2012

Read More: Economic Justice, Social Security, Unemployed, Poverty, Ows, Occupy Wall Street, Jobs, Medicare, Congress, VOW to Hire Heroes Act, Veterans, Politics News
Michael Thornton

It's not surprising that Occupy Wall Street protests across the nation have taken the argument for economic justice to the streets, since economic justice is not being found in the halls of Congress.

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In God's Economy, Everyone Has Enough

The Rev. Jacqueline J. Lewis, Ph.D. | Posted 01.18.2012

Read More: Occupy Faith, Economic Justice, God's Economy, Occupy Wall Street, Christian Economic Justice, Christian Economics, Global Poverty, #Occupywallstreet, Occupy Interfaith, Christian Social Justice, Religion News
The Rev. Jacqueline J. Lewis, Ph.D.

I want us to get preoccupied with economic justice. I don't think we can rest until everyone has enough.

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If You Take Our Money, Pay Us Fairly

Andrew Wilkes | Posted 01.18.2012

Read More: Fair Wages for New Yorkers Act, Poverty, Isaiah, Business News, Living Wage, Working Families, New York City, Labor, NYC Living Wage, Economic Justice, Minimum Wage, Fair Wage, Religion News
Andrew Wilkes

It's time for developers to adjust to paying workers a living wage as a condition of accepting taxpayer money for large-scale commercial development in the city.

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I’m In The 1% And I Pray You’ll Tax Me

Rev. Dr. Janet Edwards | Posted 11.11.2011

Read More: Economic Justice, Social Justice, Ows, Occupy Wall Street, #Occupywallstreet, Christian, Christian Social Justice, Taxes, Occupy Wall Street Protests, We Are the 99 Percent, Top 1 Percent, Occupy Wall Street Religion, Mind the Gap, Video, Religion News
Rev. Dr. Janet Edwards

I made it a point to be with Occupy Wall Street for a time. With my sign -- "I AM in the 1% PLEASE TAX ME!" -- I asked if I could join the others with signs. They welcomed me.

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Time to Rebuild Our Foundations

Jim Wallis | Posted 01.10.2012

Read More: Living Wage, Economic Justice, President Obama, Biblical Economics, Scripture, Gleaning Laws, Obstructionism, American Jobs Bill, Jobs, Republicans, Hunger, National Infrastructure Bank, Biblical Law, Politics News
Jim Wallis

A survey released this week by the Public Religion Research Institute shows that majorities in every major religious category, as well as the religiously unaffiliated, all believe that the country would be better off if the distribution of wealth was more equal.

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When OWS Protesters Become Trespassers

Jeff Norman | Posted 12.14.2011

Read More: Rights, Brookfield Office Properties, Economic Justice, Land Use, Mayor Bloomberg, Demonstrators, Occupiers, Democracy, Trespassing, Land Grab, Protesters, Occupy Wall Street, Zucotti Park, Ows, Nypd, Decision Making, #Occupywallstreet, New York News
Jeff Norman

Is fighting economic injustice such a righteous pursuit that it entitles Occupy Wall Street protesters and their disciples to indefinitely control whatever space they invade?

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The Global Cry for Economic Justice

Rev. Larry Hollon | Posted 11.23.2011

Read More: Economic Justice, Unemployment, Poverty, Global Economic Crisis, Worldwide Poverty, Economic Inequality, Poverty Rates, World News
Rev. Larry Hollon

Studies show the growing gap between the rich and poor, the need for meaningful work, and the need for economic and labor policies that favor job creation. This need is global, and it's spiritual.

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The Amazingly Queer Race... To Save LGBTQ Lives

Roberta Sklar | Posted 07.11.2011

Read More: May 14, Queer Race, Economic Justice, Queer, NYC Event, Lgbtq, 2011, New York News
Roberta Sklar

This event is more than amazing -- more than the sum of its parts, more than finding hidden treasure and raising funds. It is for raising dignity and saving the lives of LGBTQ people who might otherwise go unnoticed and be left to their own.

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Labor and the LGBT Community

Tobias Barrington Wolff | Posted 06.03.2011

Read More: Lgbt, Afscme, Equality, Economic Justice, Marriage, Child Labor, Collective Bargaining, Labor, Gay Rights, Labor Unions, Civil Rights, Gay, Employment Discrimination, Politics News
Tobias Barrington Wolff

Labor rights is an LGBT issue. Showing up to help labor in their current struggle is not an act of altruism, it is the satisfaction of a reciprocal obligation.

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How Dr. King's Assassination and the Struggle for Collective Bargaining Changed My Life

Robert Creamer | Posted 06.03.2011

Read More: Afscme, Economic Justice, Collective Bargaining, Labor Unions, Duke Vigil, Labor Rights, Martin Luther King, Martin Luther King Assassination, Wisconsin Protests, Politics News
Robert Creamer

Tomorrow we observe the 43rd anniversary of Dr. King's assassination. Then -- as now -- collective bargaining was about freedom. He would be so proud of those who have carried on his struggle.

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