In This Issue
Why it's time to end the war in Afghanistan, and how to do it.
Counting the costs of Obama's 'good war.' A report from Afghanistan.
When the Taliban ruled, they prevented girls from going to school. Who's stopping them now?
An American Soldier Ran from God to Iraq...but it wasn't far enough.
The affordable health-care act is already saving lives.
Columnists
We need to clear the polluted political air before we'll have a real chance to clear the actual atmosphere.
I am convinced that real change happens right where we are.
Society's challenges won't be resoled just by being civil in our public discourse.
Table of Contents
Cover Story
Why it's time to end the war in Afghanistan, and how to do it.
When the Taliban ruled, they prevented girls from going to school. Who's stopping them now?
Features
The median wealth of African-American women is 400 times less than their white counterparts. Policy expert Maya Rockeymoore tells us why that is, and what can be done.
Commentary
We can't avoid the tough questions on how to change the culture in which we all participate.
A technique for natural gas drilling threatens drinking water and the environment.
Finally, reparations for past federal mistreatment of American Indians and African-American farmers move forward.
Columns
We need to clear the polluted political air before we'll have a real chance to clear the actual atmosphere.
I am convinced that real change happens right where we are.
Society's challenges won't be resoled just by being civil in our public discourse.
Culture Watch
A review of Why Love Will Always Be A Poor Investment: Marriage and Consumer Culture, by Kurt Armsrong; foreward by Aiden Enns. Wipf & Stock.
Author Enuma Okoro talks about life and liturgy.
Extended Format: Extended Interview with Enuma Okoro
Reviews of The Living Wisdom of Howard Thurman, Standing in the Shoes My Mother Made, Somebody's Daughter, and This Sacred Moment.
For nearly six decades, Mavis Staples has been bringing the gospel truth to song.
All the Way to Heaven: The Selected Letters of Dorothy Day, edited by Robert Ellsberg.
Departments
This time they are the ones cauth, though they try to close their eyes.
Reflect;ion on the Revisd Common Lectionary, Cycle A: Transfiguration, False Desire to LIfe, Can We Start Again, and High-Water Mark.
