The last months of 1986 saw a steady stream of seemingly positive headlines related to South Africa. The U.S. Congress passed a sanctions bill and overrode the president's veto.
Columns
Joyce Hollyday 1-01-1987
The sun was about to slip behind a grove of Ponderosa pines, the sweet-smelling bark of which tinged the air with a scent like butterscotch.
Joyce Hollyday 12-01-1986
On 1879, four years before Sojourner Truth died, a Louisville, Kentucky newspaper said of her, "The oldest truth nowadays is Sojourner."
Danny Duncan Collum 12-01-1986
On October 11, 1986, in Reykjavik, Iceland, history came to a turning point.
Dennis Marker 12-01-1986
On October 2 the Washington Post published a story describing a Reagan administration campaign of deception designed to make Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi think that, among other things, he was about to be attacked again by U.S. bombers.
Sojourners 12-01-1986
Homosexuality has been a very controversial and polarizing issue in the Christian community.
Jim Wallis 11-01-1986
When we arrived at London's Heathrow Airport, a television camera crew was waiting.
Danny Duncan Collum 11-01-1986
Now that Robertson's candidacy for the Republican presidential nomination is a near-certainty, politicians and church people alike are presented with a number of considerably more vexing questions.
Joe Roos 11-01-1986
Since our beginning 15 years ago, we have always felt a strong sense of family with you, our readers.
Danny Duncan Collum 10-01-1986
Many of us have grown up with an image of the Supreme Court as the guardian of our constitutional rights.
Jim Wallis 10-01-1986
Albertina Sisulu is, after Winnie Mandela, the best known woman in South Africa.