The Common Good

Economic Justice

Includes poverty, education, moral economy, etc.

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The affordable health-care act is already saving lives. +Read More

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Cooking Up Peace
by Lynne Hybels | February 2011
Six Christian women from an evangelical church in Texas invited six Jewish women from a local synagogue and six Muslim women from a local mosque to form a cooking club. +Read More

How Tolerance is Built
by Eboo Patel | February 2011
When Pastor Terry Jones threatened to burn Qurans at his church in Florida this fall, he hurt a lot of Muslims I know. He also hurt a lot of Christians. +Read More

Tinkering is Not Enough
by Jim Wallis | February 2011
Time and again, we heard from President Obama on the campaign trail that Washington was broken and he was running for president to fix it. +Read More

False Security
by John Fife | February 2011
U.S. militarization of the border takes a stark toll in lives, human rights, and money. +Read More

Palin's Paradoxical Power
by Danny Duncan Collum | February 2011
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Can I Get A Witness?
by Jess O. Hale | February 2011
Split Ticket: Independent Faith in a Time of Partisan Politics, edited by Amy Gopp, Christian Piatt, Brandon Gilvin. Chalice Press. +Read More

Agenda-Driven Biography
by Nancy Lukens | February 2011
Two very different tellings of the life and times of Dietrich Bonhoeffer. +Read More

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by Jeannie Choi | January 2011
Felipe Matos, 24, was sent to the United States from the slums of Brazil by his mother who longed for him to find a better life and achieve his dreams. +Read More
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