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Anti-government protesters hide behind makeshift shields during clashes with the police in Bogota, Colombia, Wednesday, June 9, 2021. The protests have been triggered by proposed tax increases on public services, fuel, wages and pensions. (AP Photo/Ivan Valencia)
Politics & SocietyDispatches
Filipe Domingues
What began on April 28 as a public reaction to a tax reform proposal from President Iván Duque has expanded into a massive mobilization of broad discontent.
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Politics & SocietyShort Take
Patrick Neve
Credit cards make it easy to ignore the reality of how much things cost and how little money most people actually have. This is no accident.
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Politics & SocietyThe Moral Economy
John W. Miller
In the United States, there is almost nowhere that is not simultaneously very rich and very poor.
FaithFaith and Reason
Kenneth R. Himes
An an important anniversary of Pope Leo XIII's famous encyclical on workers' rights, a look at how 'Rerum Novarum' applies to the vagaries of our new economy.
Politics & SocietyShort Take
Serena Sigillito
A more welcoming society for babies, children and families must work on many levels. Catholics should be leading that charge.
Politics & SocietyNews Analysis
Robert David Sullivan
While the overall child poverty rate may be historically low after a recovery from the pandemic, there are more specific measures of economic vulnerability for children that are still alarming.