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Huckabee Got it Right

Alan Bean 12-09-2009

Mike Huckabee is done as a presidential contender. That's the word on the street.

Fort Hood Shootings and the Prophetic 'IF'

Arthur Waskow 11-06-2009

One reader wrote me to ask: " "What effect will the Fort Hood shootings have on the American public's perception of Islam?" That question asks us to be foretellers, fortune tellers, to predict.

Cautious Optimism on Obama's New Sudan Policy

Elizabeth Palmberg 10-23-2009

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Stopping Anti-Immigrant Violence at its Ideological Roots

Cesar Baldelomar 10-07-2009

November 8, 2009 will mark the one-year anniversary of Ecuadorian immigrant Marcello Lucero's brutal murder at the hands of seven high school teens in the infamously anti-immigrant Suffolk County,

A Prayer for Derrion Albert

Valerie Elverton Dixon 9-30-2009

Every dawning day we wake to the news of human violence against humanity. We see images of soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan who've traveled a long way from home to fight terrorists.

Thou Shalt Not Abuse the Ten Commandments

Diana Butler Bass 9-29-2009

ABC's Nightline has been running a series on the Ten Commandments in which they explore the issues and dimensions of each commandment in contemporary society.

Remembering History's Evils

Julie Clawson 9-16-2009

I spent some time this summer visiting my parents in Taos, NM, and while doing all the touristy things there, I couldn't help but encounter stories of the history of the place that truly made me th

'We Are Defined as a Nation by How We Treat Those Who Have Chosen to Hurt Us'

Ben White 9-11-2009

The decision by Scottish Justice Secretary Kenny MacAskill to release on compassionate grounds the convicted Lockerbie bomber Abdelbaset Ali al-Megrahi has been ferociously and strongly condemned i

New Martyrs in El Salvador

Becky Garrison 8-18-2009

Jamie Moffett, co-founder of The Simple Way and director of The Ordinary Radicals, tra

Just Say No to Khartoum Appeasement

Elizabeth Palmberg 8-07-2009

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The Death Penalty Denies the Gospel

Melanie Weldon-Soiset 7-13-2009

He was taken before the authorities and subjected to abuse and beatings. No one arose to defend his case with the integrity it deserved.

A Martyr in Mauritania: Missionaries, Religious Freedom, and Human Rights

Aaron Taylor 7-13-2009

Mauritania is a land of striking beauty, with sand dunes lined against the sky, Bedouins riding camels in the countryside, and flying beetles that look like they come straight from the abyss of the Apocalypse. Mauritania is also a land of extremes-extreme beauty, extreme hospitality, and lately, extreme religion.

Ethnic Cleansing of Burma's Karen Refugees Continues

Aaron Taylor 6-26-2009

On May 24th, 2009, Democratic Karen Buddhist Army (DKBA) junta-backed troops attacked numerous villages in Paan District, Burma, causing the flight of at least 3,000 internally displaced persons (I

Jon Stewart and Mike Huckabee on Abortion

Jim Wallis 6-24-2009

He did it again.

Abortion: Conversations, Not Killings

Gareth Higgins 6-02-2009

Yesterday on The Huffington Post, former religious-right leader Frank Schaeffer made a si

Why You Need to Know Vincent Chin

Eugene Cho 5-15-2009

I'll be honest. I get timid writing these kind of posts. I'm scared of being labeled an angry or bitter Asian. I'm scared of the emails that come in. I'm scared of being de-invited for speaking gigs

The Columbine Killings and the Convenience of Dehumanization

Gareth Higgins 4-20-2009

There was a sad piece of se

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.

A Good Story: 'I'm Going to Kill You'

Bart Campolo 4-15-2009

I often tell people not to ask me for statistics because in this work all the statistics are bad. Ask me for stories instead, I say, because even in the worst of times I always have a good story.

What Keeps Us From Living MLK's Dream?

Ruth Hawley-Lowry 4-06-2009

Last year Naomi Tutu and I met on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial to keep vigil on the 40th anniversary of the martyrdom of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Friends joined us from around the country. We asked the visitors gathered there: "What keeps us from living the Dream?" Most folks spoke of fear. Some spoke of ignorance.