In This Issue
Stopping the sellout of democracy--before it's too late.
What campaign money buys, and who it sells out.
The blurring lines between Pat Robertson's money and politics.
Columnists
Last spring, Sojourners helped to mobilize a broad group of evangelical,
pentecostal, black, Catholic, and mainline Protestant leaders
to offer a visible alternative to the Religious Right.
"Can we make this a ritual?" my then-9-year-old niece
asked me.
Every year, at our family reunion, one more seat of memories and
laughter is empty.
Table of Contents
Cover Story
Features
Commentary
O.J.Simpson and Louis Farrakhan are as contradictory figures as
two people could be.
Calvin Klein Inc., no stranger to the racy or randy, has shocked
America over the past decade with its persistent testing of our
moral consciousness.
No matter what religious tradition one is part of, the grim cycle
of violence and counterviolence that has gone on for more than
three years in the former Yugoslavia indicts us all, but I som
Columns
Last spring, Sojourners helped to mobilize a broad group of evangelical,
pentecostal, black, Catholic, and mainline Protestant leaders
to offer a visible alternative to the Religious Right.
"Can we make this a ritual?" my then-9-year-old niece
asked me.
Every year, at our family reunion, one more seat of memories and
laughter is empty.
By now you're probably pretty tired of reading about money and
politics, and all the other serious stuff we've packed into this
thought-provoking 100-page issue.
Culture Watch
FIVE MINUTES BEFORE soccer practice starts, four or five kids sit in the corner of the field, passing cards back and forth and negotiating trades.
Departments
May Sarton-poet, novelist, feminist, journal keeper, and Sojourners
member-died this summer at the age of 83 (see "May Sarton:
Years of Praise," September-October 1995).
Reflections on the revised common lectionary (November 5 - December 24)
BANKING ON LIFE AND DEBT
Critics have called the policies of the World Bank and the International
Monetary Fund (IMF) "a war on the poor." More than 90
percent of the Earth's popula
VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES
Peace Brigades International is an organization committed
to practicing nonviolence in conflict areas.
You can get so used to seeing something that you forget to question why it is there. This is often the case with the role of money in the American political system.
