by Hayoung Park | Nov 11, 2025 | Opinion
Earlier this year, the new presidential administration initiated sweeping reductions to the federal government that reshaped the nation’s social safety net. One of the most significant budget cuts has been to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), which...
by Craig Nash | Oct 28, 2025 | Opinion
Editor’s Note: The USDA recently announced that if the government remains shut down at the end of this week, recipients of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) won’t receive benefits for November. The following is adapted from “Feeding Jesus:...
by Jordan Rowan Fannin | Apr 23, 2025 | Opinion
Pope Francis was a man who knew poverty. As the Catholic Church’s leader, he made poverty visible as an act of theological witness. As the church’s shepherd, he sought to ameliorate it with pastoral tenderness. As a Baptist, Pope Francis held no formal ecclesial role...
by Craig Nash | Mar 25, 2025 | News
A coalition of faith-based, community, non-profit, and other civic organizations met at the Alabama state capitol in Montgomery last week to call for reducing the state tax on groceries. The Alabama Arise Action (Arise) group is pushing for a sustainable plan to...
