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Health care reform now or never?

Thursday, February 25, 2010
By Megan Sweas
Today's bipartisan meeting on health care reform at the White House had Americans wondering if it was all a show or if the (small d) democratic process of debate and give-and-take is still possible.
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Immigration advocates are losing patience with Obama

Thursday, February 4, 2010
By Father Tom Joyce CMF
An immigration rally at La Placita in Los Angeles, the historic downtown church entrusted to the Claretians, reflected a growing pessimism on the prospects of comprehensive immigration reform among immigration activists. The Massachusetts election had something to do with it, but Rep. Luis Gutierrez  (D-IL) ventures the lukewarm support of President Barack Obama had as much.
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One year after hope came to Washington

Wednesday, January 20, 2010
By Megan Sweas
Today marks the one year anniversary of the inauguration of President Barack Obama.
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Two protests meet in Washington

Tuesday, January 12, 2010
By Megan Sweas
Yesterday marked the eighth anniversary of the opening of the prison at Guantanamo Bay, and we are quickly approaching the deadline Obama set when he signed the executive order to shut it down. According to Catholic News Service, protesters are sharing their disappointment in the president in Washington, D.C., while about 100 people across the country have started an 11-day liquids-only fast.
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Local foods: Not only good but delicious!

Tuesday, January 5, 2010
By Megan Sweas
On Sunday, I was drooling over my TV while watching Super Iron Chef on the Food Network, featuring the secret ingredient of the White House garden. The show pitted two pairs of amazing chefs, Bobby Flay with White House Executive Chef Cristeta Comerford against Mario Batali and Emeril Lagasse.
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Factory raid creates problems

Friday, December 11, 2009
By Father Tom Joyce CMF
Under the Bush administration the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) often raided factories, farms, and businesses to apprehend undocumented workers for deportation. The raids caused much hardship for immigrant families, but employers were often treated lightly.
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Notre Dame football seeks new highly paid coach

Monday, November 30, 2009
By Megan Sweas
The biggest news in the Catholic world today has nothing to do with bishops or women religious but football. Notre Dame announced that it fired its coach, Charlie Weis, five years into a ten-year contract. Now I love college football, but it disturbs me how big of a money game it is. If you can't produce a winning record, away you go. Big donors don't give to big losers.
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Obama administration timid, as it gears up for immigration reform

Monday, November 30, 2009
By Father Tom Joyce CMF
The State of Arizona, losing patience with the federal government to enact tough immigration restrictions, had voted for its own employer sanction bill. Any business that hired an undocumented worker was subject to a stiff fine for each worker so hired. A second offense placed the employer in jeopardy of losing his or her license to do business in the state.
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I love the Olympics, but not in my back yard

Thursday, October 1, 2009
By Megan Sweas
I spend almost every weekend from April through October in Washington Park, the South Side location of Chicago's proposed "disposable" Olympic stadium. My teammates and I practice Ultimate on a large open space that holds 14 softball fields, three football/soccer fields, and four cricket fields.
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Bishops' voices of reason reasserting themselves

Thursday, September 3, 2009
By M Scherer-Emunds
For much of this year the public profile of the US Catholic Church seems to have been dominated by the rantings of extreme right-wing propagandists and a handful of their episcopal enablers who have been badly abusing the pro-life cause for an increasingly shrill, partisan attack on the Obama administration.
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