Author Archives: wcp2019

The Faith and Work Movement Stops Short of Class

Posted on January 27, 2020

The faith and work movement in the United States is an important expression of evangelical attempts to reconcile the demands of the modern workplace with the values of the Christian faith. In a recent opinion piece for The New York … Continue reading →

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Religious Freedom: Freedom to Discriminate?

Posted on October 7, 2019

On September 28, 1965, President Lyndon Johnson issued Executive Order 11246 directing the government “to provide equal opportunity in Federal employment for all qualified persons.” Not only would federal contractors not  “discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because … Continue reading →

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Abortion Is a Class Issue

Posted on May 27, 2019

The wave of anti-abortion laws sweeping through the United States this spring raises anew the connections between reproductive choice and class. Class inequality makes reproductive choice a province of the privileged rather than a power shared by all people. Five … Continue reading →

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Class and the Dignity of Work

Posted on February 11, 2019

In the week before Martin Luther King, Jr.’s birthday, U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown announced his “Dignity of Work” tour, with events in New Hampshire, Iowa, Nevada, South Carolina, and his home state, Ohio. The tour placed the working class at … Continue reading →

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