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South Park, Eco-Prophets, and Whale Wars

by Jarrod McKenna 01-13-2010
South Park famously set up how the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society is "branded" as a group of "hardcore-any-means-necessary-pirates." In reality
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Trail of Dreams: Undocumented Students March from Miami to DC

by Juliana Schnur 01-12-2010
While many college students slept off their New Year's festivities, Gaby Pacheco, Juan Rodriguez, Felipe Matos, and Carlos Roa began
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The Author of Time's Report on Race and Megachurches: Interview with David Van Biema

by Edward Gilbreath 01-12-2010
Racial reconciliation among evangelicals is one of those slippery topics that come and go based on which national leader is currently jazzed about it.
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Terrorism and 'the Primitive Brain'

by Brian McLaren 01-12-2010
Parker Palmer, in a beautiful and important essay called "The Broken-Open Heart: Living with Faith and Hope in the Tragic Gap," speaks of our need to overcome "the primitive brain":
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Not All Racial Comments Are Created Equal

by Valerie Elverton Dixon 01-12-2010
Please God, save us from hyper-partisanship and hyper-media in perpetual election mode selling us a hyperbolic public discourse.
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Bishops Flex Moral Muscle for Comprehensive Immigration Reform

by John Gehring 01-11-2010
While attention is focused on final negotiations over health-care legislation, Catholic bishops have signaled they will play a leading role in pushing for comprehensive immigration reform this year
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