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Gulf Coast Injustice

Submitted by Joseph Cussen on August 13, 2008 - 10:09pm.

http://www.reuters.com/article/domesticNews/idUSN1546586420080813

Here is an excellent article about the physical and cultural condition of the city of New Orleans. In May, before my fellowship, I had the opportunity to see first hand how long New Orleans and the rest of the gulf coast have to go to get back to pre-Katrina conditions. The chasmic dichotomy of the haves and the have-nots in New Orleans, along with the city's diminished middle-class is a microcosm of the injustice that poverty in this country presents.

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Catholic Right for Obama

Submitted by Joseph Cussen on August 12, 2008 - 3:06pm.

Many of you may have heard this summer about Doug Kmiec, a prominent Catholic republican, and a professor of law at Pepperdine University. For years, Kmiec has been an outspoken voice in the Catholic community advocating for the religious right, specifically on pro-life issues. Recently, however, Kmiec has defected from working on the Romney campaign, to endorsing Sen. Barack Obama. This move has ostracized him within the religious right community, even to the point where he was denied communion. Kmiec gives a good explanation of what the "religious left" offers in this article.

http://www.catholic.org/politics/story.php?id=28865

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