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January is Poverty Awareness Month

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Did you know that 1 out of 5 children in the U.S. lives in poverty? All this month the U.S. Catholic Bishops are working to raise awareness about the issue of poverty in America.
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<p>Did you know that 1 out of 5 children in the U.S. lives in poverty? All this month the U.S. Catholic Bishops are working to raise awareness about the issue of poverty in America.</p>
<p>Print the USCCB&#39;s <a href="http://www.usccb.org/about/catholic-campaign-for-human-development/povertyusa/upload/poverty-awareness-month-calendar.pdf">Poverty Awareness Month calendar </a>to pray, learn about, and address poverty.</p>
<p>Visit the USCCB&#39;s website <a href="http://usccb.org/about/catholic-campaign-for-human-development/povertyusa/">Poverty USA</a> (and now in spanish <a href="http://www.povertyusa.org/es/">Pobreza USA</a>).</p>
<p>Take <a href="http://www.povertyusa.org/the-state-of-poverty/poverty-usa-tour/">Poverty Tour USA</a> to learn what life&#39;s like at the poverty line.</p>
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JSRI's 5th Anniversary Highlighted in LOYNO Magazine

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The Fall 2012 edition of LOYNO Magazine focuses on JSRI's fifth anniversary in "Hard Work for Faith that Does Justice: JSRI Turns Five."
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<p>The Fall 2012 edition of LOYNO Magazine focuses on JSRI&#39;s fifth anniversary in &quot;<a href="http://magazine.loyno.edu/hard-work-faith-does-justice">Hard Work for Faith that Does Justice: JSRI Turns Five</a>.&quot;</p>
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Winter 2012 JustSouth Quarterly

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The Winter edition focuses on the fiscal cliff and the common good, Catholic Social Thought and global financial systems, recent reforms to the H2B guestworker program, and Thomas Merton’s “Letters to a White Liberal.”
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<p>The Winter 2012 edition of the JustSouth Quarterly focuses on the fiscal cliff and the common good, Catholic Social Thought and global financial systems, recent reforms to the H2B guestworker program, and Thomas Merton&rsquo;s &ldquo;Letters to a White Liberal.&rdquo;</p>
<p><a href="https://jsri.loyno.edu/sites/loyno.edu.jsri/files/JustSouth_Quarterly_Winter_2012_JSRI.pdf">Click here to read the latest edition of the JustSouth Quarterly.</a></p>
<p>Articles include:</p>
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<a href="https://jsri.loyno.edu/fiscal-cliff-fiscal-slope-or-common-good">Fiscal Cliff, Fiscal Slope, or the Common Good: The U.S. Debt and Deficit Crisis, Lame Ducks, and a New Responsibility</a>--Kammer</li>
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<a href="https://jsri.loyno.edu/catholic-social-thought-cst-and-global-financial-systems">Catholic Social Thought and Global Financial Systems</a>--Kammer</li>
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<a href="https://jsri.loyno.edu/reform-guestworker-program-thwarted">Reform of Guestworker Program Thwarted</a>--Weishar</li>
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<a href="https://jsri.loyno.edu/thomas-merton%E2%80%99s-%E2%80%9Cletters-white-liberal%E2%80%9D">Thomas Merton&rsquo;s &ldquo;Letters to a White Liberal&rdquo;</a>--Mikulich</li>
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November 2012 JustSouth E-newsletter Posted

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The November edition of the E-Newsletter provides an analysis of the 2012 Latino vote, looks at efforts to repudiate voter suppression, and highlights the importance of Social Security to prevent poverty.
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<p>The November 2012 edition of the JustSouth E-Newsletter provides an analysis of the 2012 Latino vote, looks at efforts to repudiate voter suppression, and highlights the importance of Social Security to prevent poverty.</p>
<p><a href="http://e2.ma/message/rovjc/r8611c">Read the full edition of the November E-newletter here. </a></p>
<p>The articles include:</p>
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<a href="https://jsri.loyno.edu/%E2%80%98latino-giant-awakes-and-chooses-obama">The &quot;Latino Giant&rdquo; chooses Obama: An analysis of the 2012 Latino vote</a>--Weishar</li>
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<a href="https://jsri.loyno.edu/victory-democracy">A Victory for Democracy: Americans repudiate voter suppression, racism</a>--Mikulich</li>
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<a href="https://jsri.loyno.edu/21-million-americans-kept-out-poverty">21 Million Americans Kept Out of Poverty: Social Security critical to income of millions</a>--Kammer</li>
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Fall 2012 JustSouth Quarterly

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The latest JustSouth Quarterly focuses on race and the 2012 election, Catholic Social Thought and the common good, the Ryan-Romney budget plan and Catholic moral criteria, and new hope for immigrants caught up in a world of impossibility.
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<p>The latest JustSouth Quarterly focuses on race and the 2012 election, Catholic Social Thought and the common good, the Ryan-Romney budget plan and Catholic moral criteria, and new hope for immigrants caught up in a world of impossibility.</p>
<p><a href="https://jsri.loyno.edu/justsouth-quarterly">Click here to view the Quarterly.</a></p>
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October 2012 JustSouth E-newsletter Posted

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The October 2012 JustSouth E-Newsletter looks at the election and Catholic social thought, highlights the Vatican II document on the Church in the Modern World, and provides an update on President Obama's executive action affecting undocumented youth.
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<p>The October 2012 <em>JustSouth E-Newsletter </em>looks at the election and Catholic social thought, highlights the Vatican II document on the Church in the Modern World, and provides an update on President Obama&#39;s executive action affecting undocumented youth.</p>
<p><a href="http://e2.ma/message/jq7fc/fnad4b">View the October edition of the JustSouth E-newsletter.</a></p>
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Dr. Alex Mikulich featured on America Magazine Blog

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On August 20, Dr. Alex Mikulich was featured in an America Magazine blog about the USCCB's Labor Day Statement.
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<p>On August 20, Dr. Alex Mikulich was featured in an America Magazine blog about the USCCB's Labor Day Statement. The article by Kerry Weber is entitled &quot;Poverty, Unions, Race, and the Bishops' Labor Day Statement.&quot; Click <a href="http://americamagazine.org/blog/entry.cfm?blog_id=2&amp;entry_id=5301">here</a> to read the article on America Magazine's website.</p>
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August 2012 JustSouth E-news: What is the real fraud in voter fraud?

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The August 2012 JustSouth E-Newsletter looks at the real fraud in voter fraud, provides an update on the Alabama immigration law, and discusses how governors are playing politics with health care reform.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://e2.ma/message/zuptb/fnad4b">View the August edition of the JustSouth E-newsletter.</a></p>
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The Common Good and Health Care Reform

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The text from Fr. Fred Kammer’s presentation to the Catholic Health Association’s Physician Leader Forum in Washington D.C. on Feb. 12, 2012 was recently featured in the July-August 2012 edition of Health Progress magazine.
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<p>The text from Fr. Fred Kammer&rsquo;s presentation to the Catholic Health Association&rsquo;s Physician Leader Forum in Washington D.C. on Feb. 12, 2012, was recently featured in the July-August 2012 edition of <em>Health Progress</em> magazine. The article, entitled &ldquo;The Common Good and Health Care Reform,&rdquo; includes a consideration of the traditional concepts of the common good and an analysis of the factors in Catholic social thought that contribute to the reality of the common good in society. In addition, it raises key questions that should be considered in the ongoing work of health care reform in the United States.</p>
<p>Read online:&nbsp;<a href="https://jsri.loyno.edu/common-good-and-health-care-reform">The Common Good and Health Care Reform</a></p>
<p><a href="https://jsri.loyno.edu/sites/loyno.edu.jsri/files/the-common-good-and-healthcare-reform-health-progress-0712.pdf">Download the pdf from <em>Health Progress</em>, July-August 2012</a></p>
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The text from Fr. Fred Kammer&rsquo;s presentation to the Catholic Health Association&rsquo;s Physician Leader Forum in Washington D.C. on Feb. 12, 2012 was recently featured in the July-August 2012 edition of <em>Health Progress</em> magazine. The article, entitled &ldquo;The Common Good and Health Care Reform,&rdquo; includes a consideration of the traditional concepts of the common good and an analysis of factors in Catholic social thought that contribute to the reality of the common good in society. In addition, it raises key questions that should be considered in the ongoing work of health care reform in the United States.</p>
<p>Read online: The Common Good and Health Care Reform</p>
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New study highlights the hidden challenges of obtaining voter identification

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Ten states, including Alabama, Mississippi, and Texas, have recently passed laws which require voters to show a government-issued photo identification. However, 11% of eligible voters lack any form of ID.
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Ten states, including Alabama, Mississippi, and Texas, have recently passed laws which require voters to show a government-issued photo identification. However, 11% of eligible voters do not have any form of government-issued ID and many lack access to obtain one due to the distance, costs, necessary paperwork, or time needed. <a href="http://www.brennancenter.org/content/resource/the_challenge_of_obtaining_voter_identification" fcksavedurl="http://www.brennancenter.org/content/resource/the_challenge_of_obtaining_voter_identification">A recent comprehensive study by the Brennan Center for Justice</a> at New York University School of Law highlights the hidden challenges of obtaining voter identification and points out that African Americans, Hispanics, and the poor are most negatively affected by the new laws.</p>
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<p>Ten states, including Alabama, Mississippi, and Texas, have recently passed laws which require voters to show a government-issued photo identification. However, 11% of eligible voters do not have any form of government-issued ID and many lack access to obtain one due to the distance, costs, necessary paperwork, or time needed. <a href="http://www.brennancenter.org/content/resource/the_challenge_of_obtaining_voter_identification">A recent comprehensive study by the Brennan Center for Justice</a> at New York University School of Law highlights the hidden challenges of obtaining voter identification and points out that African Americans, Hispanics, and the poor are most negatively affected by the new laws.</p>
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