Human Rights

Love Your Neighbor, Love the Earth

Jim Wallis 5-14-2009
The industrialized world's collective failure to both regulate pollution and curb gross overconsumption has put millions and billions of the world's poorest and most vulnerable people at increase
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Witness to Sri Lanka's Onslaught

Christina Cobourn Herman 5-14-2009
I know of two priests who have decided to stay with their people in the so-called No-Fire Zone in northern Sri Lanka, where tens of thousands of Tamil civilians are trapped in a living hell.
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Torture and Evangelical Prejudice Toward Non-Christians

Aaron Taylor 5-14-2009
A few weeks ago, I read Brian McLaren's post on this blog that caused some intense soul-searching.
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God or Country?

Elizabeth Palmberg 5-12-2009
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God's Image and Caesar's Image: Torture and the Currency of Empire

Arthur Waskow 5-04-2009

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 perhaps at the heart of Christian opposition to torture as well.

Indeed, the Rabbis

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White Evangelicals for Torture

Brian McLaren 5-01-2009
Too many white evangelicals stand for torture, according to a recent Pew Forum study reported by CNN.com.<
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M2EP Video: Voices from Capitol Hill

Molly Marsh 4-30-2009
Day two of the Mobilization to End Poverty included a trip to Capitol Hill to lobby senators and representatives on issues related to poverty and social justice.
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The First 100 Days

Jim Wallis 4-30-2009
Wednesday marked the 100th day of President Obama's administration and the final day of Sojourners' http://www.sojo.net/index.cfm?action=events.m2ep&item=m2ep-home&source=r...
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M2EP LIVE: Meeting Sojo Supporters

Ed Spivey Jr. 4-27-2009
I had lunch with several long-time readers and supporters of Sojourners, people who in their own lives have been living out the gospel for decades.
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Culture War Casualties: Responding to Carrie Prejean and Bullying Suicides

Aaron Taylor 4-24-2009
Last week Carrie Prejean, also known as the former Miss California, lost the Miss U.S.A.
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Torture Memos: 'What Is Done in the Dark'

Valerie Elverton Dixon 4-23-2009
Jesus taught: "For nothing is hidden that will not be disclosed, nor is anything secret that will not become known and come to light" (Luke 8:17). In other words: the truth will come out.
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Equal Justice Under the Law: The Case for Cocaine Sentencing Reform

Andrew Wilkes 4-22-2009

A false balance is an abomination to the LORD, but an accurate weight is his delight. (Proverbs 11:1)

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Made in L.A.: Putting a Human Face on the Immigrant Experience

Almudena Carracedo 4-22-2009
Seven years ago, I set out to make a little film that would put a human face on the struggles of immigrant workers in L.A.
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One More Reason to Oppose Torture

Jimmy McCarty 4-21-2009
Abu Zubaydah was submitted to waterboarding at least 83 times.
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Torture: A Crime that Requires a Verdict

Jimmy McCarty 4-17-2009
Dear President Obama,

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Torture: What Part of 'Do Not Repay Evil for Evil' Don't You Understand?

Ryan Rodrick Beiler 4-17-2009
There is much to be disturbed about in the recent revelation of the Bush administration torture memos.
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American Violet and the Idolatry of Law

Alan Bean 4-17-2009

NPR's Wade Goodwyn has been working on this story ever since he attended the premier of the film American Violet at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Hearne, Texas, three weeks ago.

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Four Points Toward Peace in the Middle East

Brian McLaren 4-16-2009

I've written a lot on Palestine and Gaza in recent years. Any of us who travel (or read) know that peace in the world can't be separated from peace in Israel -- peace for Jews, and peace for Muslim and Christian Palestinians.

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American Violet: Drug War Injustice Hits the Big Screen

Alan Bean 4-15-2009
American Violet, a Hollywood blockbuster that opens in theaters next week, tells the story of Regina Kelly, one of the people rounded up in a T
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Might Will Never Make Right In Afghanistan

Randy Woodley 4-15-2009
I consider myself a peacemaker and a patriot. I come from a long line of warriors and military servicemen.
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