Sometime in the spring of 1974, my world was somewhat disturbed by the event of my conception, in Belfast, Northern Ireland. Sometime in the spring of 1974, my world was somewhat ...

Good health is the will of God for each and every one of his children. Good health is the will of God for each and every one of his children. Death, disease, and pain did not exi ...

When Robert Greenwald, founder and president of <a title="http://bravenewfilms.org/" href="http://bravenewfilms.org/" target="_blank">Brave New Films</a> -- an organi ...

Against the backdrop of protest and spectacle that threatened to overshadow graduation at the University of Notre Dame last week, President Obama delivered a graceful commencement address that stan ...

After weeks of controversy surrounding Notre Dame's invitation to President Obama to receive an honorary doctorate as this year's commencement speaker, we have seen both the American democratic tra ...

This is a challenge to President Obama and Congress written in light of his commencement speech at the University of Notre Dame. This is a challenge to President Obama and Congres ...

Sunday evening the <a href="http://www.sojo.net/mobilization">Mobilization to End Poverty</a> will begin. Sunday evening the Mobilization to End Poverty ...

Where are the prophetic voices on the topic of taxation this April 15?</p> Where are the prophetic voices on the topic of taxation this April 15? In 2001, President Bush ...

<p><a href="http://www.sojo.net/index.cfm?action=events.m2ep&amp;item=m2ep-home"></a>Some might say that this is the worst possible time to have a <a href="http://www.so ...

<p><a href="http://blog.sojo.net/tag/economy-special-focus/"></a></p> <p>Scanning the headlines recently, the following caught my attention: "Walgreens giving free ...

While watching President Obama's press conference Tuesday evening, I was struck by a few things that are often forgotten in the criticism of his proposed budget.</p> W ...

When both the Left and Right begin sharpening their knives, it means you are on to something. When both the Left and Right begin sharpening their knives, it means you are on to so ...

I have written about <a title="http://blog.sojo.net/2008/10/13/what-is-the-meaning-of-life-seeking-common-ground-on-abortion-reduction/" href="../2008/10/13/what-is-the-meaning-of-life-seekin ...

Four years ago, faced with a disastrous federal budget proposal, Sojourners coined a phase, "budgets are moral documents." That phrase has now entered the common lexicon, but it remains our fundam ...

<p><a href="http://www.sojo.net/index.cfm?action=events.m2ep&amp;item=m2ep-home"></a>Growing up Catholic in San Francisco, I was fortunate to be raised with a passion for social ...

This wasn't really a budget speech, or even a State of the Union. It was a call to rebuild a country -- from its infrastructure, to its economy, to its values. This wasn' ...

This kind of feels close to an exercise in I-told-you-so, but for all the folks who assert that voting is a hopelessly corrupted exercise in irredeemable empire, consider as an indicator the testim ...

<p><a href="http://blog.sojo.net/tag/economy-special-focus/"></a></p> As the holiday season approaches, America's families will g ...

This is the sequel to the original <a title="http://eugenecho.wordpress.com/2008/10/30/the-abortion-conversation/" href="http://eugenecho.wordpress.com/2008/10/30/the-abortion-conversation/&q ...

Yesterday our nation and world commemorated the 20th global observance of World AIDS Day. Yesterday our nation and world commemorated the 20th global observance of World AIDS Day. ...

I am a follower of Jesus. As such, I understand God to have a special concern for the poor and marginalized of society. I am a follower of Jesus. As such, I understand God to have ...

My wife and I were sitting watching the election returns come in on CNN. She was 'chatting' online with some of her friends. My wife and I were sitting watching the ele ...

Dear President-elect Obama,</p> Dear President-elect Obama, Although it has been said that every great president needs a crisis during which to exhibit his greatness, it ...

Dave Keane I read with great interest Elizabeth Edwards’ piece on health care (“Heal Thyself?” August 2008). I ...

Claudia Detwiler The article by Elizabeth Edwards (“Heal Thyself?”) raises troubling questions regarding the path to a just system of heal ...

Tony R. Nester There is a reason we don’t have universal health care, and it’s not because we lack compassion for the sick. ...

Rose Marie Berger Alexis Vaughan Access to quality health care has been hindered more o ...

Jim Wallis Unequal access to medical care has made death a social disease. Healing is both a major subject of ...

Mary Kay Henry Health care for all is a moral imperative. In May, Sen. Ted Kennedy was diagnosed with an aggre ...

Elizabeth Edwards When it comes to our health-care crisis, some argue for market-based solutions, saying that "consumer-directed care ...

Danny Duncan Collum Christian conservatives aim for—and hit—the mainstream sweet spot. The release of Prince ...

Aaron McCarroll Gallegos Six myths about single-payer health care     Single-payer health care—an approa ...

June G. Vajda Richard Babb The tide of political priorities among white evangelicals m ...

Molly Marsh Taking the church's temperature on health care. As one might expect, the schism among religio ...

Gordon Bonnyman We know how to create a better system. All we need is the moral outrage. Claudia Kalmer and he ...

David Batstone We are stuck with half-baked measures to contain runaway medical costs. The Syste ...

Rose Marie Berger Mark Betz Just How Many is 45 Million? According to the U.S. Census Bureau, in 2003 ...

Bette McDevitt 'When the children are well enough to go home, it is a gift to me.' On a pleasant hil ...

Emily Dossett Faith-based health ministries provide medicine...and hope. As Dolores walked through the door of ...

Emily Dossett Perhaps the strongest effort toward health care reform is the Universal Health Care Action Network and its current U2K Campa ...

James C. Peterson You can't be laid off for bad genes. Can you? There are currently about 900 genetic tes ...

Gordon Bonnyman The HMO system cries out for reform. Four years ago, the country was on a course leading to ev ...

Julie Polter The future of health care is on the chopping block. The spending plan put forward this fall by c ...