The Signs of the Times
On What Grounds Can a Wage be Just or Unjust?
Dan Graff, Ph.D., the Director of the Higgins Labor Program at the Center, joins us today to discuss the question, on what grounds can a wage be just or unjust? It’s a question...
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Human Dignity, Refugees, and People on the Move
Clemens Sedmak, Ph.D. joins us on the Signs of the Times podcast today to discuss a question he’s been wrestling with, “what is the relationship between human dignity,...
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Fighting for the Forgotten, the Struggle for Farmworker Justice
Melody Gonzalez, a 2005 Notre Dame graduate, was born in Santa Ana, CA and is the daughter of Mexican immigrants. Melody’s father and grandfather were farmworkers in Mexico and...
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Embracing Encounter as Lifelong Ministry
Ralph McCloud is the current director of the National Catholic Campaign for Human Development. He shares that moving to the margins requires leaving our creature comforts and...
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From Male Modeling to Sustainable Social Enterprise
Chris Yura, a 2003 graduate of Notre Dame, took a different path to social enterprise than most. He was scouted to be a fashion model after playing football for Notre Dame leading...
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Organizing for Social Justice
Our guest on today’s episode is Tim Beaty, an ND grad and director of Global Strategies for the International Brotherhood of Teamsters. Tim has spent the past 30 years...
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Advancing the Common Good with Good Writing
Connie is the academic director at the Center for Social Concerns and the co-director of the Poverty Studies Minor. She recently published a textbook, Good Writing: An Argument...
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Sidewalk Insights From the Streets of Chicago
Junior Natalie Behling reflects on her experience with the Summer Service Learning Program and her service at the Chicago Coalition for the Homeless.
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Negotiating the Future of Employment and Work
In our third installment of the Signs of the Times podcast, Dan Graff sits in for JP Shortall and discusses the state of the labor movement with retired labor attorney Tuck...
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Cardinal Tobin
Cardinal Joseph Tobin joins us after delivering the 10th Annual Reverend Bernie Clark lecture. JP and Cardinal Tobin discuss changes in the general population regarding a...
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Brexit and Issues of Subsidiarity
Anna Blackman joins us on the podcast to share how we can use Catholic social tradition (CST) to address political issues, strengthen civil society, and hold government...
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Contemplative Spiritiuality for Socially Challenging Times
St. John of the Cross’ idea of the Dark Night of the Soul is often understood as a classic of mystical literature focused on the personal experience of desolation leading to...
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