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May 2012
National Budget Reveals Priorities Tax Havens Mean Average Taxpayers Pay the Bill Suffering of Children Focuses Attention on Responsibility to Protect Director of Jubilee USA Network Outlines Priorities Universal Health Insurance Programs That Work

April 2012
"Iowa Compact" Compassionately Addresses Immigration Climate Change as Central Moral Issue of 21st Century Proposed Fair Trade Standards Will Harm Grassroots Movement Growing Support for Taxing Financial Transactions to Help the Poor Farm Policies Favor Corporations not Farms

March 2012
Latin American Banana Workers Win New Agreements Two Indomitable Peacebuilding Women Share their Stories Women and Children Most Vulnerable for Human Trafficking Unjust, Racial Housing Policies Contribute to Wealth Gap in the United States Rebalance Feed and Farm Policies to Meet Needs

 February 2012
Christian Muslim Dialogue Deepens Relationships Sisters Promote Welcoming Communities with Billboard Campaign Social Statements Advocate Fair Distribution of Wealth and Taxes "I Refuse to Be Silent" Work Less, Live More, Save the Planet!

January 2012
Michigan Schools Save Energy Countering Islamaphobia with Understanding and Working Together Re-imaged U.S. Constitution Champions Sustainability Lebanon -- "An Example of Dialogue between Christians and Muslims Gratitude to Occupy Movement for Greater Attention to Common Good and Social Responsibility

Perspectives on Social Issues
Gratitude to the Institute for Peace and Justice
for use of their Pope Paul VIth graphic.