A Beautiful Ghetto
by Devin Allen. Documents the 2015 Baltimore uprising in response to the police shooting of Freddie Gray, capturing the life of his... Read More
A Place at the Table
This document from the US Conference of Catholic Bishops articulates the Catholic commitment to overcoming poverty and to respecting the dignity of... Read More
Alternative Globalization Addressing Peoples and Earth
A resource created by the Justice, Peace and Creation Team, World Council of Churches, explores the question of how the churches and... Read More
Always With Us? What Jesus Really Said About the Poor
By Liz Theoharis. A theological call for ending the abomination of systemic poverty. Re-examines Jesus’s words “the poor you will always have... Read More
Americans for Tax Fairness
ATF is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization consisting of more than 420 national, state and local endorsing organizations united in support of a... Read More
Birmingham Revolution, Martin Luther King Jr.’s Epic Challenge to the Church
By Edward Gilbreath. Reflects on the relevance of King’s work for the church and culture of the present such as the debates... Read More
Bulls, Bears and Golden Calves Applying Christian Ethics in Economics
By John Stapleford. Shows how ethics are inextricably intertwined with economic life and analysis by interacting with seven standard introductory economics texts,... Read More
Can American Capitalism Survive?: Why Greed Is Not Good, Opportunity Is Not Equal, and Fairness Won’t Make Us Poor
By Steven Pearlstein. Challenges theories being taught in business schools and exercised in boardrooms around the country, arguing that a key tenet... Read More
Capital in the Twenty-First Century
By Thomas Piketty. Analyzes a unique collection of data from twenty countries, ranging as far back as the eighteenth century, to uncover... Read More
Cathonomics: How Catholic Tradition Can Create a More Just Economy
By Anthony M. Annett. An ethical and practical guide to creating a world economy that is more prosperous, inclusive, and sustainable for... Read More
Cobalt Red: How the Blood of the Congo Powers Our Lives
By Siddharth Kara. Cobalt is an essential component to every lithium-ion rechargeable battery made today — the batteries that power our smartphones,... Read More
Conversations on Economic Justice
A toolkit for churches with 10 practical activity ideas and resources. Click here for more information.
Dirty Work: Essential Jobs and the Hidden Toll of Inequality in America
By Eyal Press. Offers a paradigm-shifting view of the moral landscape of contemporary America through the stories of people who perform society’s... Read More
Distant Markets, Distant Harms: Economic Complicity and Christian Ethics
Edited by Daniel Finn. Presents an analysis of moral complicity in markets, employing resources from sociology, Christian history, feminism, legal theory, and... Read More
From Poverty to Punishment: How Welfare Reform Punishes the Poor
Includes articles such as: “The Right’s Campaign Against Welfare” by Jean Hardisty and Lucy Williams, “Welfare Policy and American Politics” by Frances... Read More
Hold Nothing Back: Writings of Dorothy Day
Edited by Patrick Jordan. An abridged edition of the previously published Dorothy Day: Writings from Commonweal—gives a glimpse of her humanity and... Read More
How Much is Enough? Money and the Good Life
By Robert Skidelsky and Edward Skidelsky. Points out that while possessions may capture our hearts, they are unable to nourish our souls... Read More
Invisible Americans: The Tragic Cost of Child Poverty
By Jeffrey G. Madrick. Brings to light the often invisible reality and irreparable damage of child poverty in America. Keeping his focus on... Read More
Invisible Hands: Voices from the Global Economy
By Corinne Goria. A collection of oral histories revealing human rights abuses occurring behind the scenes of the global economy — at... Read More
Mend the Gap Study Guides
A 2 part resource from the Network Lobby, Mind the Gap! Economic Inequality and We Can Mend the Gaps! provides data, stories,... Read More
Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America
By Barbara Ehrenreich. Reveals the lives of people working in low-wage America in all their tenacity, anxiety and surprising generosity. Click here... Read More
No Shame in My Game: The Working Poor in the Inner City
By Katherine S. Newman. Explores the issues of poverty, working and welfare and dispels the myth that poor people just need to... Read More
On Earth As It Is in Heaven: A Faith-Based Toolkit for Economic Justice
By Eric Atcheson. By critically examining biblical texts, Church history, and present-day events and experiences, offers pastors, activists, and concerned citizens a... Read More
Our Day to End Poverty: 24 Ways You Can Make a Difference
By Shannon Daley-Harris and Jeffrey Keenan. Invites us to look at 24 hours in an ordinary day and to think about scores of... Read More
Poor for the Poor: The Mission of the Church
This publication of the US Conference of Catholic Bishops, looks at the social teaching of the Church, the writings of recent popes... Read More
Poverty & FaithJustice
This USCCB publication has six lesson plans for adult faith formation that are organized around questions pertaining to “faithjustice:” the virtue of... Read More
Poverty Knowledge: Social Science, Social Policy, and the Poor in Twentieth-Century U.S. History
By Alice O’Connor. Gives a comprehensive, historical account of the thinking and research behind the “poverty problem.” Click here for more information.
Radical Sufficiency: Work, Livelihood, and a US Catholic Economic Ethic
By Christine Firer Hinze. Looks back at the influential teachings of priest-economist Monsignor John A. Ryan (1869-1945), who supported worker justice and... Read More
Seven Deadly Social Sins
A resource from Sojourners; a poster featuring Gandhi’s provocative list of seven deadly social sins: Politics without principle Wealth without work Commerce... Read More
Sojourners
Encourages Christians to put their faith into action in the passionate pursuit of social justice, peace, and environmental stewardship through resources like... Read More
Solidarity with the Poor
This publication of the US Conference of Catholic Bishops, provides the opportunity to reflect on the call to solidarity through sub-themes that... Read More
Tax the Rich! How Lies, Loopholes, and Lobbyists Make the Rich Even Richer
By former BlackRock executive Morris Pearl, the millionaire chair of the Patriotic Millionaires, and Erica Payne, the organization’s founder. Offers an insider’s... Read More
The Broken Ladder: How Inequality Affects the Way We Think, Live and Die
By Keith Payne. Examines how inequality divides people not just economically; but also its consequences for how people think, how they respond... Read More
The Catholic Worker Movement: Intellectual and Spiritual Origins
By Mark and Louise Zwick. Shows how Dostoevsky, Catherine of Siena, Teresa of Avila, Francis of Assisi, Therese of Lisieux, Jacques and... Read More
The Earth Charter
A framework for building a just, sustainable, and peaceful global society in the 21st century by inspiring a sense of global interdependence... Read More
The End of Poverty: Economic Possibilities for Our Time
By Jeffrey D. Sachs. Presents a conceptual map of the world’s economy and explains why the poorest nations have been unable to... Read More
The Financial Diaries: How American Families Cope in a World of Uncertainty
By Jonathan Morduch and and Rachel Schneider. Challenges popular assumptions about how Americans earn, spend, borrow, and save―and identifies the true causes... Read More
The Long Loneliness in Baltimore
By Brendan Walsh. A compilation of essays, stories, poems, parables, and art, depicts nearly fifty years worth of experiences in southwest Baltimore... Read More
The Problem of Twelve: When a Few Financial Institutions Control Everything
By John Coates. Calls attention to the situation when a small number of institutions acquire the means to exert outsized influence over... Read More
The Skeptic’s Guide to Global Poverty Tough Questions, Direct Answers
By Dale Bourke. Looks at institutions such as the World Bank and USAID and explains what they do, how they do it,... Read More
The Triumph of Injustice: How the Rich Dodge Taxes and How to Make Them Pay
By Emmanuel Saez and Gabriel Zucman. Investigates the changes to tax levels last seen in the 1920’s.Offers a comprehensive view of America’s tax... Read More
The True Wealth of Nations: Catholic Social Thought and Economic Life
Edited by Daniel Finn. Analyzes the relationship between economic life and Christian faith – intellectually and experientially – and helps social scientists,... Read More
The Wealth of Humans: Work, Power and Status in the Twenty-first Century
By Ryan Avent. Investigates the meaning of work in the twenty-first century: how technology is upending time-tested business models and thrusting workers... Read More
The Whiteness of Wealth: How the Tax System Impoverishes Black Americans – and How We Can Fix It
By Dorothy A. Brown. A groundbreaking exposé of racism in the American taxation system from a law professor and expert on tax... Read More
This Economy Kills: Pope Francis on Capitalism and Social Justice
By Andrea Tornielli and Giacomo Galeazzi. Explores the Pope’s teaching and witness on capitalism; the ways it relates to other topics like... Read More
Wealth, Virtue and Moral Luck: Christian Ethics in an Age of Inequality
By Kate Ward. Addresses the issue of inequality from the perspective of Christian virtue ethics, arguing that moral luck ― our individual... Read More
White Picket Fences: Turning toward Love in a World Divided by Privilege
By Amy Julia Becker. Shows how an insular life can restrict even as it protects, and how it can hinder the love... Read More