New Orleans Someone deserves credit, and I’m betting that someone is James Salt, the energetic director of Catholics United, for exposing the increasingly desperate, rightwing inspired, guilt-by-association style attacks on social change groups funded by the Catholic Campaign for Human Development (CCHD). The New York Times ran a front page piece about a Colorado immigrant …
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Blaming the Victims: Catholic Church Attack on SNAP & Dave Clohessy
New Orleans Blaming the victim may be more American than apple pie at this point. Apple pie is less and less a staple of the American diet, but blaming the victims seems to be the default mode for institutions large and small that are unable to correct their cultures. It is inarguable that the Catholic …
Game Changers on Health and Immigration
Takoma Park Sunday in the early spring turns out to be a big event for a change in the DC area for two reasons. The final votes are being wrangled into the corral for health care reform, and it looks like what Majority Leader Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) calls the “final yard” will be handled …