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The President and Board of Trustees at St. Xavier University (3700 W 103rd St, Chicago,...

There’s a new edition of Christian Socialism: An Informal History by John Cort (Orbis Books,...

Early this month James Daniels, now a guard for our Chicago Bears, called out racial...

A fresh consideration of socialism is happening these days. Two remarkable presidential campaigns by Sen....

A fresh consideration of socialism is happening these days. Two remarkable presidential campaigns by Sen....

Some years ago I was part of a lobby group to change the feast of...

In the latter half of the 1960s many U.S. cities experienced race riots. Plus, the...

In philosophy it is called utilitarianism. In business it is called cost-benefit-analysis. In family life...

Museum of the City of New York (1220 Fifth St., New York, NY 10029) just...

Emile Durkheim (1858-1917), Max Weber (1864-1920) and other founders of the discipline of sociology were...

“Consuming and participating in politics by obsessive news-following [and] by arguing and debating” is not...

A woman in a friendly poker game is dealt a lousy hand. Nonetheless, she leans...

Clothes were once made in the U.S. Yes, labor abuses occurred in our domestic production--in...

Will your shopping for gifts this holy season include buying apparel? Be warned: It will...

Lobbying the alderman for a stop sign at the end of the block is a...

The Working Catholic: Strikes by Bill Droel Strikes are in the news: auto workers, janitors,...

Good intentions are not enough. Indeed, good intentions can be harmful. Tarence Ray provides a...

  In April 1994 CBS and N.Y. Times sponsored a survey on U.S. religious beliefs....

Alexis de Tocqueville (1805-1859) devoted a chapter to “Associations in Civil Life” in his percipient...

Economic indicators ebb and flow, though not with high predictability. In the years after World...

  There are prophets of peace and builders of peace. There are protesters and institutional...

Is there a sustaining philosophy for idealistic young adults? Is there a creative path that...

There are new rules for electing players to the All Star teams. As in a...

Secular culture and the liturgical calendar cooperate to make Christmas an extended feast. It begins...

Our Chicago White Sox are “in rebuild mode,” according to their front office. Progress is...

The fire occurred in March 1911. Someone failed to fully extinguish a cigarette in New...

  Christianity highlights certain dogmas during Lent. These dogmas relate to Jesus’ suffering, death and...

The John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin (www.kul.pl) just published The Catholic Social Ethic...

Name any social policy and there is sure to be a religious leader who has...

This month’s celebration of Rev. Martin L. King (1929-1968) is of course about more than...