The Common Good

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'Yes, We Did' - But What Will We Do Now?

by Kaitlin Barker 01-28-2009
As I layered my clothing and stepped out into the biting pre-dawn chill, and as my friends and I walked the three miles down to the Mall and stood for hours feeling our toes go numb, I found it all
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A 'Just Peace' President?

by Valerie Elverton Dixon 01-28-2009
If this Gaza War teaches us anything, if the tragic history of wars in the Middle East teaches us anything, it is that when people are determined to obtain weapons and fight, war goes on and solves
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Service Careers Still Valued Less than 'Real Jobs'

by Julie Clawson 01-28-2009
In December an Australian cell phone company refused to sell a phone to a stay-at-home mom because she didn't have a real job.
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Secretary of State Clinton Promises Action Against Human Trafficking

by Jim Wallis 01-27-2009
Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton, graced the front pages of many newspapers across the country last Friday.
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God Showing Up in Older Women

by Nadia Bolz-Weber 01-27-2009
It's happened twice in as many months: God showing up in an older woman. A stranger offering me her blessing. Not offering it so much as insisting on it, now that I think about it.
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Gaza: A War Without Winners

by J. Daryl Byler 01-27-2009
I began a fast for peace when Israeli troops entered the Gaza Strip. Last week, I ended the fast, as fighting has stopped and most if not all the troops have left Gaza.
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Lift Every Voice

by Mary Nelson 01-27-2009
I was there at the Lincoln Memorial Opening Inaugural Event, the Inauguration
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