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… the copper, gold, silver and palladium in cell phones and other electronics, leads to needless mining for new metals. Consumers, manufacturers and retailers can all help ensure that older …

… new report that reaffirms the economic benefits of ending mountaintop removal coal mining and transitioning to clean energy sources in Appalachia. The report shows that America can … have an abundance of cost-effective alternatives to mountaintop removal coal. Other types of mining in Appalachia employ more workers. Mountaintop removal coal mining costs state budgets more than it generates. Mountaintop removal destroys clean energy …

… whose personal experience in working with the episcopate in Africa is much greater than mine, both African-American as well as white bishops who have worked in Catholic Relief Services, …

… Italian, and Polish immigrants who came mostly as workers in the complex of coal and steel mines, factories and related small business operations. The beauty of the American dream was soon …

… Together, they work for Bartimaeus Ministries in Oak View, Calif. Friends and heroes of mine, they live what they teach, and inspire many of us. Ched and Elaine define “restorative … as hopelessly idealistic.” Marietta, Liz, Murphy, and Jim Looney are all friends and heroes of mine, and I can testify that their lives point the way forward for all of us. Both volumes of …

… reinforce the idea that context is everything when it comes to story-telling. A friend of mine who is a brilliant arm chair critic, Rae Stabosz, is a fan of "Dexter." When I asked her why …

… that melded the two natural resources. Northeast Pennsylvania was the birthplace of the United Mine Workers, and founder John Mitchell converted to Catholicism largely because of local church support for coal mine workers’ efforts to unionize and obtain better living standards. Mitchell is buried in the …

… a little slippery but in service of a good cause, did the trick. A few Italians friends of mine were also in São Paulo this week, and they immediately told me that my years in Italy have …

… to the next (a baby born with three legs, a group of deaf children who fall in an abandoned mine). A young woman and man befriend Mary and drive her from place to place. They are all - …

… bided his time to obtain, for more than a quarter century, after a brief sojourn into the mines so he could qualify for the presidency of the United Mine Workers of America. Reader, trust me: It won’t matter. One mob replacing another. That’s …

… ideas industry, a prolific author and a much sought speaker around the globe. He has often mined the insights and wisdom of a range of academic disciplines as well as other religious …

… OK the way it is. We don't want socialized medicine. We don't want everyone to have it. I have mine." That's almost what the message is. "Let everybody else worry about themselves." This week, …

… from Sri Lanka whom he accepted as equals. He did his graduate thesis on the banks and big mining companies of South Africa, skewering them for their oppression of the poor and working …

… apt nicknames like “The Death of Us,” “Burns and Lacerations,” “We’re History,” “No Pal of Mine.” Someone named Missouri’s Foxtrot Seven “Pale Pinto” after the apocalypse’s steed. When the …

… the inclusion of a wide variety of books while mothers from the suburbs and rural coal-mining towns were appalled. When Moore confronted the superintendent of schools about the books …

… with Mother Clare was relaxed and flowed well. Her hopes for the visitation would resemble mine: that we would respect and accept one another and that we would be revitalized by the … with Mother Clare was relaxed and flowed well. Her hopes for the visitation would resemble mine: that we would respect and accept one another and that we would be revitalized by the …

… writes, while . seeing justice as a primary requirement of charity. “I cannot give what is mine to the other, without first giving him what pertains to him in justice.” This encyclical is …

… capital by an interfaith delegation noting the 30th anniversary of the signing of the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act, a piece of legislation intended to curtail the natural devastation caused by strip mining. The act contained significant loopholes large enough to permit what has become known as …

… I work for others.” His Catholic faith has sustained the 54-year-old director of the Korea Mine Clearing Research Institute in his commitment. He converted to the faith just after he … 30 years of service, and set up his institute that October. Since then, he has been removing mines for the military and farmers inside the civilian travel restriction zone adjacent to the …

… under blazing noons, must have blossomed deep peace and joy. A fine reverie, these thoughts of mine, but it wasn’t destined to last. The all too familiar contrast flooded my mind -- the …