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The Legacy of Wartime Slurs

by Anna Almendrala 09-30-2008
I thought our culture had no more use for wartime curses. Granted, my sophisticated analysis is nothing more than noticing if people are calling me any names, until I realized
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Zogby's Purple People Poll

by Marcia Ford 09-30-2008
While most political junkies were distracted by the big news of the week - the economic meltdown, the first presidential debate - the good people at Zogby Internatio
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Video: Financial Crisis Has Election Implications

by Jim Wallis 09-29-2008
Jim Wallis was on PBS's Religion & Ethics Newsweekly yesterday to discuss the Wall Street bailout and the moral implications for the nation and the election. Watch it here.
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SBC-Controlled Bookstores Remove Magazine With Women Pastors on Cover

by Mimi Haddad 09-26-2008
Just recently, more than 100 bookstores controlled by the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) removed the recent issue of Gospel Today-an issue whose cover highlighted the gospel-work of women.
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A Historic Week for South Africa

by Nontando Hadebe 09-26-2008
The political events in South Africa over the last week have been historical
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Micah's Challenge to the Future President

by Brian Swarts 09-26-2008
Yesterday, the United Nations met to discuss our progress toward cutting global poverty in half by 2015. Tonight, the U.S.
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Talking to the New Evangelical Voters

by Jeannie Choi 09-26-2008
During the final week of the 2000 presidential election, I was in the fall semester of my freshman year in college, feeling incredibly hungry-hungrier than I had ever been before.
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