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A cyclist passes the row of tents and tarps along the Santa Ana riverbed near Angel Stadium on Sept. 14 in Anaheim, Calif. Amid an uproar from residents, the city of Anaheim declared an emergency in an attempt to cope with a ballooning homeless encampment along a popular riverbed trail and speed the addition of shelter beds. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
Politics & SocietyDispatches
Jim McDermott
It is not only Anaheim, but Southern California as a whole that finds itself in the midst of a homelessness emergency.
Dolores Huerta rallies striking farmworkers and supporters during the California grape boycott. (Courtesy of "Dolores: the movie") 
Arts & CultureFilm
Antonio De Loera-Brust
Huerta’s lack of recognition is certainly not due to a lack of proximity to power; she stood alongside giants of American history.
Government officials joined Catholics and other citizens from across the country at a march against human trafficking on Aug. 26. (photo by Bishop José Luis Ponce de Leon)
Politics & SocietyDispatches
Russell Pollitt, S.J.
Swaziland's police commissioner praised the Diocese of Manzini and Bishop José Luis Ponce de Leon for organizing marches to help in "the fight against crime."
FaithNews
Mark Pattison - Catholic News Service
"The entire social pact is built around work. This is the core of the problem. Because when you do not work, or you work badly, you work little or you work too much, it is democracy that enters into crisis, and the entire social pact."
Bishop George V. Murry of Youngstown, Ohio, speaks during a video news conference on Aug. 23 after being named chair of the U.S. bishops' new Ad Hoc Committee Against Racism. (CNS photo/Bob Roller)
FaithDispatches
Michael J. O’Loughlin
An ad hoc committee to deal with racism in society and in the church may lead to the first pastoral letter on racism written by U.S. bishops since 1979
Workers at an embroidery factory (iStock/andresr)
Politics & SocietyShort Take
Kevin Clarke
Worker productivity has been going up, but wages are not keeping up.