by Paul Hobson | Nov 9, 2015 | News
Major churches in the United Kingdom are warning that the government’s Welfare Reform and Work Bill marks a dangerous shift away from a core principle of the welfare state and will make poor people even poorer. A YouGov survey commissioned by the churches has...
by EthicsDaily.com Staff | Jul 17, 2015 | News, Opinion
Social safety net programs positively impact 1.9 billion worldwide, according to a new World Bank report. Interest in these “non-contributory measures designed to provide regular and predictable support to poor and vulnerable people” is growing, as their...
by James Gordon | Jul 6, 2015 | Opinion
The Bible has quite a lot to say about food – who has it and who hasn’t, who deserves it and who doesn’t. The Bible, that most political collection of books, history, letters, speeches, prayers, prophetic oracles and stories, is positively stuffed...
by Jim Hill | Apr 22, 2013 | Opinion
A few weeks ago, I had the privilege of co-authoring an op-ed with Missouri Governor Jay Nixon titled “Standing in the Gap for Working Missourians.” It was written in support of providing health coverage to 300,000 working Missourians through the expansion...
by Baptist Times Staff | Mar 12, 2013 | News
Evidence and statistics have been misused, misrepresented and manipulated by politicians and the media to create myths that blame and stigmatize the most vulnerable in society, according to a new, hard-hitting church report. The report, titled “The Lies We Tell...
