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The “preferential option for the poor,” the once-radical idea that God identifies with the oppressed and impoverished, has been mainstreamed as Catholic theological doctrine.

A radical proposal would go well beyond controlling the most aggressive semi-automatic rifles and curbing arms sales to the world's worst dictatorships. It would also demand a change in our political system.

The Dodge Superbowl ad celebrates a type of farming that corporate agribusiness has all but obliterated in the past fifty years.

Accepting change became the less painful option for Boy Scout leaders. And the result is a small but significant stride toward justice.

With 7 out of 10 Latinos voting to re-elect Barack Obama, Republicans are debating whether to alter their hardline immigration stance.

Of more than 4,500 "Supercenters" and other retail locations in North America, not one is home to a unionized workforce.

A dispatch for the “Arguing the World” blog at Dissent magazine.

Recognizing the limits of voting should not prevent us from appreciating the seriousness of an aggressive conservative campaign against the franchise.

On the anniversary of Occupy Wall Street, #S17, our U.S. columnist says the 99 per cent could sorely use another round of rebellion.

Progressive movements are stronger when they can take on centrists or liberals than when pitted against elected conservatives.