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The Jesuit Social Research Institute works to transform the Gulf South through action research, analysis, education, and advocacy on the core issues of poverty, race, and migration. The Institute is a collaboration of Loyola University New Orleans and the New Orleans Province of the Society of Jesus, rooted in the faith that does justice.
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The Monstrous Elegance of White Supremacy
"Meanwhile, racism, elegant, lovely, monstrous, carries on." -Ta-Nehisi Coates
Catholic Leaders Lament Obstacles to Medicaid Expansion
Fr. Fred Kammer, S.J. discusses the need for Medicaid expansion in the Gulf South with America Magazine.
Kids in Crisis: The surge of unaccompanied immigrant children to the border
A humanitarian crisis of epic proportion is unfolding along the U.S.-Mexico border. Since October of last year 52,000 children have been apprehended by U.S. Border Patrol after crossing into the U.S. without family members.
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