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Supporting Churches and Synagogues for Social Justice Originally Posted: 07/14/2011 - 8:34am | Type: Blog: This spring, we saw an opportunity to join the efforts of Rev. This spring, we saw an opportunity to join the efforts of Rev. Jim Wallis and Sojourners to stand up to the Tea Part ...
Labor is Part of the Immigration Equation Originally Posted: 08/31/2011 - 4:40pm | Type: Blog: <p><a href="http://www.ryanrodrickbeiler.com/Protests-and-Rallies/Immigration-Reform-March-for/11589736_fEmWi#830413851_fem9v"></a>If migration policy was "freed" or emanc ...
Tempest in a Teacup Originally Posted: 02/28/2011 - 8:25pm | Type: Magazine Article: David Ostendorf Will economic conservatives join with social conservatives -- or racist extremists? On the fir ...
How Christian is Tea Party Libertarianism? Originally Posted: 07/14/2011 - 8:34am | Type: Blog: The insurgent Tea Party and its Libertarian philosophy is a political phenomenon, not a religious one. The insurgent Tea Party and its Libertarian philosophy is a political phenom ...
Bill McKibben's Brave New Eaarth (No, That's Not a Typo) Originally Posted: 08/31/2011 - 4:40pm | Type: Blog: <p><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Eaarth-Making-Life-Tough-Planet/dp/0805090568/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1274450099&sr=1-1&tag=sojo_blog-20"></a&g ...
Glimmers of Hope in a National Nightmare Originally Posted: 07/14/2011 - 8:34am | Type: Blog: Someone please pinch me. This must be a nightmare. After all, is it possible that, in this land of freedom, one of its states -- which back in 1993 refused to recognize Martin Luther King Jr. ...
Arizona's Immigration Bill is a Social and Racial Sin Originally Posted: 08/31/2011 - 4:40pm | Type: Blog: <p><a href="http://www.ryanrodrickbeiler.com/Protests-and-Rallies/May-Day-Immigration-Rally/8116193_7PzaR#530258814_kGpKA"></a>I got up at 4:30 a.m. on Tuesday morning to fly to Pho ...
Why the Tea Party Movement Should be Anti-War Originally Posted: 07/14/2011 - 8:34am | Type: Blog: What is the Tea Party position on war?</p> What is the Tea Party position on war? While we witness crowds gathering in the name of the Boston Tea Party protest against t ...
Wearing My Jesus Goggles to the Boston Tea Party Originally Posted: 08/31/2011 - 4:40pm | Type: Blog: <p>The Tea Party Express -- the traveling band of conservative speakers, entertainers, and organizers -- stops in Washington, D.C., today on its nationwide effort to "vote them out of office" i ...
A Reading for April 15: The Parable of the Taxpayer Originally Posted: 07/14/2011 - 8:34am | Type: Blog: This time of year it is useful to recount the parable of the angry taxpayer (from the VERY New Testament). This time of year it is useful to recount the parable of the angry taxpa ...
Tea Party Protests and Taxation Without Representation Originally Posted: 08/31/2011 - 4:40pm | Type: Blog: <p>Well, it looks like some folks are coming to the District of Columbia this April 15 to protest under the "tea party" banner. Well, it looks like some folks ar ...
Biden and Palin Upstage Obama with Bipartisan Diplomacy Originally Posted: 07/14/2011 - 8:34am | Type: Blog: On the heels of President Barack Obama's surprise visit to the troops in Afghanistan on Sunday, Vice President Joseph Biden and former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin revealed a surprise of their own: ...
A Significant Step Toward Health Reform in Spite of Poisonous Politics Originally Posted: 08/31/2011 - 4:40pm | Type: Blog: <p><a href="http://www.ryanrodrickbeiler.com/Protests-and-Rallies/Health-Care/10104725_XrdU4#694023328_ihUmp"></a>From the very beginning, more than a year ago, the faith community ...
Tea Party Militias?: Telling Mainstream Conservatives from Right Wing Extremists Originally Posted: 08/31/2011 - 4:39pm | Type: Blog: <p>The Southern Poverty Law Center has issued <a href="http://www.splcenter.org/get-informed/intelligence-report/browse-all-issues/2010/spring/rage-on-the-right?ondntsrc=MBQ100370YNH&news ...
If the Tea Party movement were consistent, it would tackle defense spending. Originally Posted: 07/14/2011 - 8:19am | Type: Blog: On the one hand, as a new <a href="http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2010/02/meet-the-tea-partiers-male-rich-and-college-educated.php" target="_blank">CNN poll</a> shows, 11 pe ...
'Twas a Week Before Christmas: A D.C. Holiday Poem Originally Posted: 07/14/2011 - 8:19am | Type: Blog: 'Twas a week before Christmas, and all through my city<br /> Politicians were scrambl'n, it wasn't very pretty.<br /> Health care and climate were up in the air, ...