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Time to stop blaming the poor

Time to stop blaming the poor

by John Freund, CM | Jan 15, 2014 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses

Especially after the great recession forced so many into the ranks of the poor through no  fault of their own Barbara Ehrenreich elaborates…The Great Recession should have put the victim-blaming theory of poverty to rest. In the space of only a few months,...
The more things change. . . comparing 17th and 21st centuries

The more things change. . . comparing 17th and 21st centuries

by John Freund, CM | Aug 19, 2009 | Justice and Peace, Vincentian Family

“The Eminent Dignity of the Poor in the Church vs. the Imminent Threat of the Poor to the State” writes Ed Udovic, CM of 17th century France while Barbara Ehrenreich writes of 21st century America “… the criminalization of poverty has actually ...

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