America

My Experience of U.S. Health Care as a Recent Immigrant (Part I)

Gareth Higgins 8-10-2009

Regular readers will know that in the past year, I embarked on a genuinely life-altering journey. I emigrated to the United States, got married, and now make my home in North Carolina.

Who Lit The Fire Under the Right-Wing 'Populists' Against Health-Care Reform?

Rose Marie Berger 8-10-2009

By now, we've all seen the angry "regular Americans" who are rising up to resist health-care reform. They are demonstrating loudly at town hall meetings. They are holding rallies.

Abolish Nuclear Weapons

Jim Wallis 8-07-2009

Yesterday was the 64th anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima.

Prayer Vigil at the Detention Center

M. Daniel Carroll R. 8-06-2009

I am a seminary professor. Activism is not something that comes naturally to me, but I am learning!

The Hurt Locker and the Cause of War

Gareth Higgins 8-04-2009

Let's get one thing straight: I have no idea what war is really like.

When Local Police Do Immigration Enforcement, the Community Suffers

Julie Peeples 8-03-2009

Two contrasting images recently brought into focus a growing chasm: a forty-something man in jeans and T-shirt squeezing the microphone at a community forum on immigration, face tight with anger a

Health Care is a Human Right

Valerie Elverton Dixon 8-03-2009

The Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR), article 25 paragraph 1 says: "Everyone has the right to a standard of living adequate for the health and well-being of himself and of his family, i

Abortion Common Ground

Jim Wallis 7-31-2009

In recent days, it seems that the Religious Right is trying everything they can to derail the health-care reform our country so desperately needs.

My Summer Road Trips

Jim Wallis 7-30-2009

For our family, summer is road trip time. Joy loves to drive, and our two boys, Luke and Jack, are veteran travelers - by land, air, and even sea!

The Professor and the Police Officer Got Trapped in the 'Script'

Jim Wallis 7-29-2009

I have been away for the last couple of weeks, first for a family wedding and reunion on a lake in northern Michigan, and then at the Chautauqua conference center in rural New York state.

An Evangelical Who Doesn't Like Sarah Palin

Jim Wallis 7-27-2009

I was doing a workout anyway, so I decided to watch Sarah Palin's farewell address while pumping away on the elliptical machine.

Fear, Race, and Pride in the Gates Arrest

Alan Bean 7-27-2009

A New York Times piece picks up on a question http://gritsforbreakfast.blogspot.com/2009/

Professor Gates, Sgt. Crowley, and the Balance of Power

Melvin Bray 7-24-2009

There are only a handful of widely, cross-culturally known black intellectuals in this country-Maya Angelou, Cornel West, Michael Eric Dyson, Julianne Malveaux, and maybe a few others.

Health Care and Structural Violence

Valerie Elverton Dixon 7-24-2009

Just peace theory recognizes that there is more than one kind of violence.

How to Win a Culture War

Jim Wallis 7-23-2009

Want to know how to win a culture war? Don't fight one. The soul of our nation has been marred from a perpetual state of culture war.

Are we living in the golden age of racial debates? Every week seems to bring some new wrinkle in the national conversation about race, class, and ethnicity. And with the emergence of social media, we can now engage in these conversations with ever-greater frequency and intensity.

Jimmy Carter's Stand on Women in Church Leadership

Valerie Weaver-Zercher 7-22-2009

An autographed photo of Jimmy Carter sits on our piano. A friend of ours wrote to Carter and told him that he was one of our sons' favorite presidents, and would he please send them a signed photograph. When Keith gave our sons the Carter picture last Christmas, my 8-year-old actually teared up.

Henry Louis Gates Jr. Arrested, Now Who Owes Whom an Apology?

Alan Bean 7-22-2009

The Cambridge Police Department arrested Harvard Professor Henry Louis Gates Jr. after Dr. Gates entered his own home and produced proof of his identity.

Is National Health Care Hazardous to Your Health? Check the Facts

LaVonne Neff 7-22-2009

Various Web sites and e-mails are reporting that cancer survival rates are much higher in the U.S. than in various European countries.

Wal-Mart's Big Green Claim

Tracey Bianchi 7-21-2009

Well color me happy (as the saying goes): Wal-Mart just released a big claim to be greening up its act. But what does their claim really mean and how do we define what corporate green looks like anyway? Especially since lately, corporate green seems to grow everywhere, at times fertilized by a healthy dose of corporate greed.