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Big Journalism (Breitbart) 04/11/2013
"It doesn't have to be this way," said Jim Wallis of the Washington-based Christian activist group Sojourners, a co-sponsor of the...
The Huffington Post 04/11/2013
Today, on the National Mall, I stood with fellow faith leaders, including clergy from Newtown, to remember lives lost at Sandy Hook elementary school...
Comcast Sports Network (CSN) 04/11/2013
“The nation’s conscience was awakened by the mass shootings of children, but every day, every day, 86 people today, eight children today will die,...
WUSA9 04/11/2013
On Thursday morning, volunteers and members of the clergy from Newtown, Ct. placed more than 3,300 "grave markers" in a mock cemetery on...
The Huffington Post 04/11/2013
In front of 3,300 mock grave markers representing Americans who have died from gun violence since the Newtown tragedy, the Rev. Matt Crebbin will...
MSNBC 04/11/2013
Rev. Michael McBride of PICO National Network talks with Rachel Maddow from the site of a vigil at the National Mall in honor of gun violence victims...
CNN Belief Blog 04/11/2013
“It’s past time for our political leaders to find the moral courage to act,” said the Rev. Jim Wallis, president and CEO of Sojourners. “The majority...
MSNBC 04/11/2013
As the sun rose over Washington, D.C., Thursday morning, volunteers and clergy members from Connecticut to California placed more than 3,300 grave...
NBC Washington 04/11/2013
More than 3,300 crosses, Stars of David and Islamic symbols were installed on the National Mall Thursday as peace activists created a mock cemetery...
WTOP.com 04/11/2013
Gun control advocates are launching a new push for legislative action through a striking display along the National Mall.
New York Daily News 04/11/2013
With the U.S. Capitol in the background, crosses symbolizing grave markers are placed upon the National Mall in Washington April 11, 2013. The PICO...
Latinos Post 04/11/2013
The U.S. Senate has successfully avoided a filibuster of new gun control measures introduced today, in a rare show of bipartisanship for the often-...
The Associated Press 04/11/2013
Outside the chambers, on the National Mall that stretches from the Capitol to the Lincoln Memorial, gun control advocates prayed among 3,300 grave...
Toledo City Paper 04/10/2013
Poverty in America – It’s not what you think. Documentary produced by Sojourners.
Global Grind 04/10/2013
oday, a coalition of over 175 artists, actors, athletes, elected officials and advocates, brought together by hip-hop pioneer Russell Simmons and Dr...
The Harvard Crimson 04/09/2013
Christian author Jim Wallis and Memorial Church Minister Jonathan L. Walton argued that the public should harness the power of religion to pursue the...
The Christian Post 04/09/2013
With a title culled in part from one of his favorite lines from Abraham Lincoln, Jim Wallis' latest book, On God's Side: What Religion...
The Daily Beast 04/07/2013
What would Jesus do on immigration and guns? Joshua DuBois interviews Jim Wallis, a leading liberal theologian, about some of the most contentious...
NewsOK.com 04/06/2013
Many leaders of Christian denominations from across the United States will gather in Birmingham, Ala., April 14-15, to sign a response to Martin...
Morning Joe 04/05/2013
Rev. Jim Wallis joins Morning Joe to discuss his new book "On God's Side." It explains how we can transcend partisan politics to...