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-11 posts tagged "inequality"
Letter to the Editor | Thursday, April 15, 2021
Pope Francis tells us that it is the “moment to see the poor.” What does the Pope’s injunction mean for Notre Dame, especially now as Provost Marie Lynn Miranda has launched an important university initiative Moment to See, Courage to Act? Notre Dame has a long and enviable record of community service. Whether working for
Trevor Lwere | Monday, April 12, 2021
The world is not unfair. We have made it so. The world is not a jungle. We have made it so. We have certain assumptions about the world and made a certain world on that basis. Darwin’s theory of evolution suggests that competition is the primary adaptive strategy for species in nature. That is, nature
Serena Zacharias | Thursday, March 7, 2019
As Ben Phillips, co-founder of the Fight Inequality Alliance and a Hewlett Fellow of Public Policy at the Kellogg Institute, listened to Nelson Mandela speak at a rally in South Africa just four years after apartheid ended, Phillips said he realized two things. “The first was that I was in the presence of a hero,
Gabriel Niforatos | Monday, February 25, 2019
The “Notre Dame bubble” is a theme and topic that sometimes seems to be overshadowed by more “local” occurrences on campus. I have taken a number of courses, in topics ranging from theology to policy, that seek to address how Notre Dame is an island in South Bend. But this narrative often seems like it
Mike Dugan | Thursday, February 21, 2019
NDVotes hosted another discussion in its Pizza, Pop and Politics series Wednesday, featuring presentations by associate professor of American Studies Annie Coleman and professor in the Program of Liberal Studies F. Clark Power on the political history of sport. Beginning her presentation with a reflection on a reading recently used in a class she teaches
Daniel Graff | Monday, September 17, 2018
Increasing inequality is a pressing problem requiring serious research and vigorous debate as we strive for policies that improve people’s opportunities and outcomes. One direct way to tackle this challenge is to confront the problem of pay, especially in the United States, where our public culture has long correlated hard work with personal worth and
Letter to the Editor | Wednesday, September 12, 2018
I wouldn’t be writing this today if I allowed myself to become cynical. There are basic principles that all Americans agree on. But we’ve abandoned them in the name of partisan bickering — look at what we’ve become. But we’re better than this. There are people in this country who traffic in bigotry. But bigotry
Nora McGreevy | Wednesday, March 7, 2018
Finding the Scholz Family Gallery in the Snite Museum of Art can be a bit tricky the first time around. Enclosed by glass and nestled next to the coat room, this smaller, more intimate gallery feels a bit unanchored from the rest of the museum. Inside the gallery, the lights are dimmed, and the echoes
Natalie Weber | Monday, November 20, 2017
Professors ventured to answer the question “Is capitalism moral?” through a discussion of various economic systems Friday at Jenkins and Nanovic Halls. James Otteson, professor of economics at Wake Forest University, said addressing social issues related to economics is a productive approach. “ … Two social issues that almost everyone who endorses a humane and
Diversity Council | Tuesday, October 24, 2017
During my freshman year, I maybe attended one football game the entire season. When asked about my absence, I offered an excuse of an overwhelming workload in the form of exams or imaginary papers that may or may not have existed at all. The truth was too embarrassing to admit: I couldn’t afford the tickets.