Christopher Cox

The Conference of Catholic Bishops is... not playing around in this brief.

www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/25...

Executives of Core Civic, the company that operates the Dilley detention center, receive cash bonuses that scale up based on company earnings.

ICE revenues doubled in 2025.

Patrick Swindle is now CEO.

Monetizing torture of kids is wrong.

#DIVEST $CXW

An odd editorial choice to polish the image of tobacco companies whose business model depends on losing half their customers permanently.

If tobacco products kill 1 in 2 customers, perhaps tobacco companies belong in the public health section -- not among games for users, including minors. Media influence matters.

@chrisgeidner.bsky.social I tried it as one word, and NYT's Spelling Bee rejected my answer. 😞

YouTube video by Cory Booker The 60 Minutes Story The Trump Administration Doesn't Want You To See

LOL at Cory Booker putting the 60 Minutes story up on his YouTube channel. Paramount won't dare take it down

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A well-lit grocery store isle; many products are visible on the stocked shelves

Food & bev giants Coke, Pepsi and Mondelez face new shareholder proposals calling out their use of additives, particularly synthetic dyes. Investors press for responsible, transparent steps to protect consumers, strengthen trust, and reduce preventable risk: www.iccr.org/shareholders...

So very glad that members of SGI could co-file these resolutions. It is important work.

Trump’s new H-2A wage rule will radically cut the wages of all farmworkers: New estimates show farmworkers stand to lose $4.4 to $5.4 billion annually under DOL’s updated Adverse Effect Wage Rate The Trump administration will cut the pay of all farmworkers by reducing the minimum wages paid to workers filling seasonal agricultural jobs in the H-2A visa program. By lowering wage rates implement...

Trump’s new H-2A wage rule will radically cut the wages of all farmworkers - and that appears to be the administration's explicit intention: New estimates from @benzipperer.org & me at @epi.org show farmworkers stand to lose $4.4 to $5.4 billion annually under DOL’s updated Adverse Effect Wage Rate

How much weight would you attribute to ICE at Home Depot sites as well as construction worksite arrests?

The Shareholder Rights Group has a statement enumerating its concerns.

Curious: Do you see circular logic here? Private markets evade public scrutiny → SEC retreats from proxy oversight → fewer checks on issuers → tougher path for meaningful shareholder engagement? Would value your thoughts.

@matt_levine — your column today on private markets as “the new securities fraud” was spot-on. Meanwhile, the Securities and Exchange Commission just declared it will no longer provide substantive guidance on no-action submissions under Rule 14a‑8. www.sec.gov/newsroom/spe... 1/2.

Mass Deportations Aren’t Helping Workers. They’re Tanking The Economy. - OtherWords Trump claimed immigrants were “taking your jobs.” But during his brutal crackdown, the job market has only gotten worse.

NEW: The Trump administration's brutal removal of so many workers is projected to shrink the nation’s GDP by as much as 6.8% — a deeper hit than the one sustained during the Great Recession.

A.J. Schumann:

An Update on the Future of SGI - Seventh Generation Interfaith Coalition for Responsible Investing Over the past year, Seventh Generation Interfaith’s Board of Directors and staff have been engaged in a careful process of discernment about the future of SGI. With support from consultants funded th...

SGI will close on Jan 31, 2026 after a year of discernment. I’m grateful for all who have walked with us. As we wind down, I’m exploring new opportunities & welcome any connections or suggestions. Thank you for your trust, collaboration, & friendship. seventhgenerationinterfaith.org/an-update-on...

Indeed. Thanks for taking on the added responsibilities.

@samjones74.bsky.social will find this interesting. Thanks, Matthew, for your good work.

Oh wow:

"During the fracas, a federal agent fired a pepper round that struck a (UCC) clergyman, Jorge Bautista, near the chin. The impact caked his face and clothing in orange powder. Bautista said the agent shot him in the face from about 5 feet away."

"'I’m in a lot of pain,'" Bautista texted…"

Sam Jones of the @heartlandorg.bsky.social opens the "Grave New World: Responsible Investment in an Age of Conflict, Commerce, and Killer Robots" session of the Fall #ICCR2025Conference

Aldo Bonati of Etica Funds provides an overview of the growing risks autonomous weapon systems pose to investors in "Grave New World: Responsible Investment in an Age of Conflict, Commerce, and Killer Robots" at the Fall #ICCR2025Conference
@heartlandorg.bsky.social @investforrights.bsky.social

Statement of Cardinal Blase J. Cupich, archbishop of Chicago, on Standing with Immigrants Oct. 21, 2025 My dear brothers and sisters, today I speak to you as your shepherd, but also as a fellow pilgrim who shares the pain of many of our immigrant communities. Families are being torn apart. Children are left in fear, and communities are shaken by immigration raids and detentions. These actions wound the soul of our city. Let me be clear. The Church stands with migrants. We stand with a mother who crosses borders to feed her children. We stand with the father who labors in silence to build a better future. We stand with the young person who dreams of safety and a better future. Our parishes and schools will not turn away those who seek comfort, and we will not be silent when dignity is denied in the enforcement of the law, it is essential that we respect the dignity of every human being. Now I want to say something directly to those immigrants without documents. Most of you have been here for years. You have worked hard. You have raised families. You have contributed to this nation. You have earned our respect. As the Archbishop of Chicago, I will insist that you be treated with dignity. Americans should not forget that we all come from immigrant families. You are our brothers and sisters. We stand with you. God bless you all.

NEW: Cardinal Blase Cupich, the Archbishop of Chicago, has issued a new statement declaring that Chicago "communities are shaken by immigration raids and detentions. These actions wound the soul of our city. Let me be clear. The Church stands with migrants."

Jacqueline Lewis of @theicar.bsky.social underscores the efficacy and importance of hope-based messaging during difficult times at the "Thriving Communities: Building a New, Compelling Narrative Around Corporate Accountability" session of the Fall #ICCRConference.

ICCR CEO Josh Zinner welcomes members during the opening session of the Fall #2025Conference.

Chris Cox, Caroline Boden, Maxwell Homans and Marcela Pinilla lead an investor panel discussion on immigration and mass deportation during the Fall #2025ICCRConference

NCR Interview: Catholic Charities USA CEO on Leo's support, immigration, federal cuts Kerry Alys Robinson reflected on Catholic Charities USA's 115th anniversary gathering in Puerto Rico, Pope Leo's first apostolic exhortation Dilexi Te and how CCUSA is navigating the moral demands of ...

NCR Interview: Catholic Charities USA CEO on Leo's support, immigration, federal cuts. “Whenever there is an upheaval or change or uncertainty, it is always the poorest among us who suffer the greatest amount.”
#Catholic #DOGE #shutdown #immigration
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You know it’s bad when the Dept of Labor says immigration raids are “threatening the stability of domestic food production and prices for US consumers.”

@opinion.bloomberg.com #CPI
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ICE turned away the body of Christ. Catholics must keep showing up anyway. (RNS) — Catholics processed in prayer had hoped to send eight people into a Chicago-area ICE facility to distribute Holy Communion.

OPINION: We place our political party ahead of giving consistent witness to our faith.
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CSDDD: Bad for business, or the bane of bad actors? | Investor Alliance for Human Rights By Noor Hamadeh, Senior Advocacy Counsel at the International Corporate Accountability (ICAR) and Rebecca DeWinter-Schmitt, Associate Director at the Investor Alliance for Human Rights

“The CSDDD is bad for business.” Is it really? Or is that a convenient narrative for those resisting change? In a new joint blog, Noor Hamadeh of @theicar.bsky.social & our own Rebecca DeWinter-Schmitt explore the pushback against the EU’s CSDDD. investorsforhumanrights.org/news/csddd-b...

Tackles, projectiles and gunfire: Many fear ICE tactics are growing more violent Videos taken by eye witnesses of federal agent encounters with immigrants in Chicago and elsewhere have shown increasingly tense incidents. Immigrant advocates and observers say they're indicative of a larger trend of aggression among federal immigration officers.

Videos taken by eye witnesses of federal agent encounters with immigrants in Chicago and elsewhere have shown increasingly tense incidents. Immigrant advocates and observers say they're indicative of a larger trend of aggression among federal immigration officers.

The social teaching of the Catholic Church is the largest - or the last global organization - left to speak about the poor, and in this way, about their dignity, hope, liberation and aspirations.

I feel like this photo of masked, armed men pepper spraying a pastor protecting his community is going to be a defining picture of this moment in America for a long, long time.