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Genocide, Not War, Is the Problem in Darfur

Elizabeth Palmberg 8-31-2009
The outgoing commander of the U.N./African Union peacekeeping force in Darfur has garnered much press by saying, on his way out of the door, that "I would not say there is a war going on in Darfur.
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Honduran Coup Government Showing Sensitivity to U.S. Pressure -- More is Needed

Elizabeth Denlinger Reaves 8-28-2009
While the United States remains focused on health-care reform and back-to-school activities, the impact of the Honduras coup in June continues, much out of the popular media.
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Broken Hearts and Deep Concern for Honduras

Marie Dennis 8-27-2009
They were a very diverse group -- students, a lawyer, Sisters of Mercy and Notre Dame, a union organizer, a teacher, survivors of the brutal 1980s in Honduras.
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Crux of the Health-Care Debate: The Role of Government

Neeraj Mehta 8-25-2009
I'm not sure I completely understand the health-care debate. But I'm going to take a shot and put down my thoughts and would love additional education, feedback, and thoughts as well.

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Three Responses to a Conservative Critic on Health-Care Reform

Brian McLaren 8-19-2009
Just received this:

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Interfaith Health-Care Reform

Katherine Marshall 8-17-2009
Hospital waiting rooms are glum places pretty much everywhere. People, sick or injured, wait and wait and wait. Nowhere are the huge gaps between rich and poor so graphically in evidence.
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In the Culture War, Justice Loses

Aaron Taylor 8-14-2009
A few days ago, radical Muslims in Pakistan began terrorizing the Christian minority in the town of Gojra.
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Christian Hospitality in Phnom Penh

Chris Baker Evens 8-14-2009

A handful of Christians living in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, are making use of the age-old nonviolent practice of hospitality to 60 community representatives who suffer constant threats and intimidation as they work to protect land, fisheries, forests, and waterways from development projects (see http://blog.sojo.net/2009/07/24/the-dar

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With the Health-Care Debate, Let's Begin with Honesty

Ernesto Tinajero 8-13-2009
"Has he been pre-authorized? Because if the test hasn't been, it may not be covered and you may be caught with the bill as my husband and I learned." Her jagged words hit me like a political ad.
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We Must Act on Health Care

Jim Wallis 8-12-2009
As a nation, we are engaged in making decisions about our health care that will impact our families and communities for generations to come.

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

Gareth Higgins 8-12-2009
I have friends in the UK who are doctors, men and women who work in intense, busy careers. Like many salaried positions, things get exponentially better the longer you're in the system.
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The Struggle Continues in South Africa

Seth Naicker 8-07-2009
I have been home in South Africa for two months as of August 6. I am grateful that my family and I are home in the land of our beginnings.
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Israel Kicks Refugees Out of Their Tents

Ryan Rodrick Beiler 8-03-2009

In most cases in Occupied Palestine at this point, Palestinian refugees live in UN-administered camps that are essentially urban slums--overcrowded apartment blocks with high rates of poverty. But there are still some refugees that live in tents.

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Washington Update: Abortion Funding Not in Health-Care Bill

Sojourners Policy Team 7-31-2009

The health-care reform debate in Washington, D.C., has many components, but one that has drawn enormous attention from the pro-life community is a concern over whether health-care

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Bishops vs. The Bomb: Act II

John Gehring 7-31-2009
When the United States and the Soviet Union stared into the abyss of nuclear Armageddon during the Cold War, filmmaker Stanley Kubrick began reading obscure journals like the Bulletin of the At
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A Cancer Survivor Speaks Out For Health-Care Reform

Anonymous Guest Contributor 7-30-2009

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Health-Care Reform: Leading with Respect

Melvin Bray 7-28-2009
Americans are dying for want of health care.
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'Grace to Heal': Deconstructing the Culture of Violence in Zimbabwe

Nontando Hadebe 7-27-2009
The government of Zimbabwe, in a groundbreaking move, dedicated this past weekend to renouncing political violence and promoting national healing.
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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.
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The Dark Side of Development

Chris Baker Evens 7-24-2009

Development is a word full of hope. It brings to mind water pumps and rice banks, bridges and education, smiling children and sky-scraping financial institutions. Yet there is a dark side to development.

On Friday, July 17th, at 4 a.m., this dark side showed its face when

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