The Common Good

Articles By Rose Marie Berger

An Artist Who 'Did Something.'
Don't 'whistle while you work'; just whistle because it makes you happy.
What is hiding behind the flag of 'moral decency'?
Kentucky farmer and essayist Wendell Berry talks about what makes people happy.
Sojourners associate editor Rose Marie Berger and photographer Ryan Beiler spent a Sunday afternoon in February with Wendell Berry at his farm in Henry County, Kentucky.
Jesus was not "cured of death." He kept fidelity with life.
Venezuela's Hugo Chavez stirs up fierce criticism - and hope.
Venezuela's constitution is more than a political document.
More people with mental and emotional troubles seek help from clergy than from psychiatrists or medical doctors, according to an article by Dr. Glen Milstein in Psychiatric Times.
Local residents of Kerala, India, are winning a battle against Coca-Cola India for clean ground water and soil, after months of collaboration with a BBC investigative reporter.
The California state capitol building in Sacramento was transformed one morning in January into a tenement house strung with laundry lines.
Nearly 100,000 people from around the world - including these activists from India - descended on Mumbai (formerly Bombay), India, in January for the World Social Forum - one of the larg
Dr. Samuel Cotton, a pioneer of the modern anti-slavery movement, died in December after a protracted battle with cancer.
Who ya gonna call? Ghost-bust…no, wait-the Holy Ghost!
It's On Me. Canada has cancelled the $750 million debt owed it by Iraq to help put the war-torn country on a "better foundation" for economic development, announced Prime Minister Paul Mar