Results for Central America
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Kicking a Bad Habit
Originally Posted: 04/05/2012 - 9:57am | Type: Magazine Article -
Robert Brenneman Many in Central America say it's time to consider decriminalizing drugs. IN LATE FEBRUA ...
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Faith at the Tipping Point
Originally Posted: 02/13/2012 - 10:18am | Type: Magazine Article -
Ada María Isasi-Díaz and Elizabeth Palmberg An interview with theologian Ada Maria Isasi-Diaz on solidarity, public life, and the blessin ...
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Justice Delayed
Originally Posted: 01/26/2012 - 9:11am | Type: Blog -
During the Central American wars of the 1980s, nearly 200,000 Guatemalans were killed or disappeared. The bloodiest period came during the presidential term of Gen. Efrain Rios Montt, when entire villages were ...
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Audio: An Interview with Two Immigrant Advocates from the Sisters of Mercy
Originally Posted: 07/14/2011 - 8:35am | Type: Blog -
[<strong>Editors' Note: </strong><em>This month, Sojourners and Christians for Comprehensive Immigration Reform will be featuring "The Stories of Immigration" blog series. ...
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President Obama Visits the Tomb of Archbishop Oscar Romero
Originally Posted: 07/14/2011 - 8:35am | Type: Blog -
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The Other Side of the Border
Originally Posted: 07/14/2011 - 8:35am | Type: Blog -
Even before the 112th Congress convened in January, we knew that advancing progressive immigration policy would be challenging. Even before the 112th Congress convened in January, ...
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Reagan's Legacy
Originally Posted: 07/14/2011 - 8:35am | Type: Blog -
This Sunday would be Ronald Reagan's 100th birthday, and the predictable tributes have come from across the political spectrum. This Sunday would be Ronald Reagan's 100t ...
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Do You Know Where Your Food Comes From?
Originally Posted: 08/31/2011 - 4:40pm | Type: Blog -
<p><a href="/sites/default/files/images/banner_farmworkers1.JPG"></a></p> [ Editors' Note: In November, Sojourners w ...
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Glenn Beck vs. Christ the Liberator
Originally Posted: 07/14/2011 - 8:34am | Type: Blog -
After his colossal "Restoring Honor" rally in Washington, D.C., Glenn Beck took aim at one of his favorite targets, Barack Obama, but in a novel way. After his colossal ...
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Pedagogy of the Oppressor: Arizona's Ethnic Studies Ban
Originally Posted: 07/14/2011 - 8:34am | Type: Blog -
Arizona's lawmakers just keep finding ways to transform their xenophobia into law. First, they questioned whether Martin Luther King Jr. Day was a legitimate holiday. Arizona ...
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Another Vatican II Moment for the Catholic Church?
Originally Posted: 07/14/2011 - 8:34am | Type: Blog -
These are dark days for Catholics and our church. The clergy sexual abuse scandals are a source of profound pain and raw anger. These are dark days for Catholics and our church. T ...
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The U.S. Shouldn't Bless Honduras's Flawed Elections
Originally Posted: 07/14/2011 - 8:18am | Type: Blog -
Elections took place Sunday, Nov. 29 in Honduras with National Party leader Porfirio Lobo declared the winner.</p> Elections took place Sunday, Nov. 29 in Honduras with Nati ...
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With a Political Deal on the Horizon, Hondurans Seek a Real Plan for the Future
Originally Posted: 07/14/2011 - 8:18am | Type: Blog -
Friday morning, Hillary Clinton praised what she called "an historic agreement" between de facto President Roberto Micheletti and deposed President Manuel Zelaya. Frida ...
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Prayer Vigil at the Detention Center
Originally Posted: 07/14/2011 - 8:18am | Type: Blog -
I am a seminary professor. Activism is not something that comes naturally to me, but I am learning! I am a seminary professor. Activism is not something that comes naturally to me ...
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Protests and International Pressure Against Honduras Coup Continue
Originally Posted: 08/31/2011 - 4:39pm | Type: Blog -
<p><a href="http://www.ryanrodrickbeiler.com/gallery/8763865_cViGV/1/580083956_tL8nB"></a>As the situation regarding the military ouster of Honduras' President Manuel Zelaya co ...
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God's Image and Caesar's Image: Torture and the Currency of Empire
Originally Posted: 08/31/2011 - 4:39pm | Type: Blog -
<p>One of the central teachings of Torah is that all human beings are made in the Image of God. That teaching and what flows from it are at the heart of Jewish prohibitions on the use of torture -- and p ...
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Travels with Bruce Cockburn: Into the Soul of this World of Wonders
Originally Posted: 08/31/2011 - 4:39pm | Type: Blog -
<p>There's roads and there's roads And they call, can't you hear it? Roads of the earth And roads of the spirit . . .</p> <p>- Bruce Cockburn's "Child of the Wind&quo ...
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The Cross and the Crossfire
Originally Posted: 05/13/2011 - 1:36pm | Type: Magazine Article -
Robert Brenneman In Central America, Christians are countering gang and government violence armed only with faith and the belief that no o ...
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An Education in Border Injustice
Originally Posted: 07/14/2011 - 8:17am | Type: Blog -
As I sat in the federal court room in Tucson witnessing the sentencing of over 60 people who had been caught crossing the border between the U.S. As I sat in the federal court roo ...
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The Devil Down in Georgia
Originally Posted: 02/28/2011 - 8:30pm | Type: Magazine Article -
Kaitlin Barker SOA Watch On the chilly morning of Nov. 23, the names of thousands of people killed as a result ...
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Fomenting a Fair Trade Chocolate Revolution
Originally Posted: 07/14/2011 - 7:51am | Type: Blog -
During a recent trip to Seattle, I took a tour of <a href="http://www.theochocolate.com/">Theo Chocolate</a>, the first and only organic and fair trade chocolate factory in the United Sta ...
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Who is the Enemy?
Originally Posted: 03/03/2011 - 4:38pm | Type: Magazine Article -
John Malkin Everyone wants to be happy and to fulfill their dreams. For many who live in war zones, prisons, and places of poverty, those ...
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Human Resiliency
Originally Posted: 04/05/2011 - 8:53pm | Type: Magazine Article -
William O'Brien One of the most urgent issues for faith communities during the 1980s was the contra war in Nicaragua. ...
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The Reluctant Conversion of Oscar Romero
Originally Posted: 07/27/2011 - 10:56am | Type: Magazine Article -
Inocencio Alas Salvador Carranza Carmen Chacon Carmen El ...
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Sandino Lives!
Originally Posted: 04/05/2011 - 10:28pm | Type: Magazine Article -
Jim Rice Actually, even in Nicaragua, revolutionary fervor isn't what it used to be. TIPITAPA, Nicaragua ...
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A Living Example
Originally Posted: 04/05/2011 - 10:28pm | Type: Magazine Article -
Jim Wallis Joe Nangle Jim Forest Rosemary Radford Ruethe ...
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A Mature Compassion
Originally Posted: 04/05/2011 - 10:29pm | Type: Magazine Article -
Marvin Rees Real disaster relief requires more then 'Good Samaritan' acts. "In 72 hours we lost ...
