The House of Representatives passed the Build Back Better bill on the morning of November 19. Assuming it will also pass the Senate, this...

The Poverty, God, Politics videos that I’m releasing this fall focus on effective ways to connect faith to the politics of poverty. They...

Big things are happening now in our nation and for me personally. Congress is negotiating a transformational recovery package, including...

From the Sunday after Easter to the 4th of July, I’ve published the Poverty, God, Politics series of webcasts and companion blog posts....

In this week’s webcast, Eugene Cho talks about Bread for the World, the nation’s largest faith-based advocacy organization on issues...

The Catholic bishops this week took a step toward denying communion to President Biden. John Carr’s insightful, 32-minute discussion of...

President Biden has this week launched an international initiative to bring COVID under control all over the world. We know from his...

My experience as president of Bread for the World convinced me that faith-based legislative advocacy works. Bread and its members win...

What an honor to receive an honorary doctorate from the College of the Holy Cross. My brief remarks encouraged the students and their...

Long-term polling data indicates that political participation among low-income and less educated voters has been consistently low for...

Galen Carey, Vice President of the National Association of Evangelicals, explains the Evangelical movement, its ministries among people...

Eric Sapp’s work with Bread for the World during the 2016 elections taught me about the power of digital technology in the politics of...

This week’s webcast features Henry Brady, one of the nation’s foremost political scientists and dean of the Goldman School of Public...

I’m encouraged by examples of low-income people and people of color becoming more active and influential in U.S. politics. This is a...

African Americans turned out to vote in 2020 and tipped the results of the election in several swing states. They now have influence and...

The webcast we’re releasing today features Josh Dickson, who was National Faith Engagement Director for the Biden-Harris campaign. Josh...

This is an unusually personal post. Eight months after retiring from Bread for the World, I’m now teaching in Berkeley and, at the same...

U.S. policies have shifted more to the benefit of poor and near-poor people in President Biden’s first month than in any month in the...

I’m excited to share that I’ve been appointed a Joint Fellow by Berkeley’s Goldman School of Public Policy and the Church Divinity School...

My friend Devry Boughner Vorwerk focuses her new podcast on my “new venture” to connect politics, spirituality, and social justice. I...