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Sojourners Magazine: March 2011

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As America's longest war drags on toward the 10-year mark this fall, costing trillions of dollars and thousands of lives, a consensus is growing that the war in Afghanistan is unwinnable by military means. This war won't be ended by the politicians who have been running it -- not without pressure from outside of Washington. And without concerted leadership from people of faith and conscience, peace in Afghanistan may be a long time coming. Watch an audio slideshow of life in Afghanistan from Heather Wilson. Read our extended interview with Enuma Okoro on the importance of liturgy.Listen in on a reading and interview with poet Joseph Ross. +Click here to visit Sojourners' Afghanistan campaign page and join us in the effort to bring the war and occupation in Afghanistan to an end.

Cover Story

Securing Women's Rights

When the Taliban ruled, they prevented girls from going to school. Who's stopping them now?
Farah Mokhtareizadeh
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Finding the Way Out

Why it's time to end the war in Afghanistan, and how to do it.
David Cortright
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The Human Toll

Counting the costs of Obama's 'good war.' A report from Afghanistan.
Eric Stoner
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Feature

The Jonah Effect

An American soldier ran from God to Iraq...but it wasn't far enough.
Evan Knappenberger
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Prescription: Reform

The affordable health-care act is already saving lives.
Celeste Kennel-Shank
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A Woman's Worth

The median wealth of African-American women is 400 times less than their white counterparts. Policy expert Maya Rockeymoore tells us why that is, and what can be done.
Jeannie Choi
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Commentary

There Are No Lone Gunmen

We can't avoid the tough questions on how to change the culture in which we all participate.
Elizabeth Palmberg
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Meet the Frackers

A technique for natural gas drilling threatens drinking water and the environment.
Tyler Edgar
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A Step Toward Justice

Finally, reparations for past federal mistreatment of American Indians and African-American farmers move forward.
David M. Whettstone
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Columns

The Planet Cries Out

We need to clear the polluted political air before we'll have a real chance to clear the actual atmosphere.
Bill McKibben
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Civility is Only a Beginning

Society's challenges won't be resolved just by being civil in our public discourse.
Joel C. Hunter
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Grandfathers Are Our Future

It's official: WikiLeaks says she's the cutest.
Ed Spivey Jr.
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The Cost of War

It's time to end the war in Afghanistan.
Jim Wallis
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Culture Watch

Almost Heaven

For nearly six decades, Mavis Staples has been bringing the gospel truth to song.
Julie Polter
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In the Line of Fire

American alienation is the real killer that stalks our past, and our present.
Danny Duncan Collum
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Happiness You Can't Buy

A review of Why Love Will Always Be A Poor Investment: Marriage and Consumer Culture, by Kurt Armsrong; foreward by Aiden Enns. Wipf & Stock.
Brittany Shoot
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Sing Without Ceasing

For nearly six decades, Mavis Staples has been bringing the gospel truth to song.
Julie Polter
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Worship's Joys and Dangers

Author Enuma Okoro talks about life and liturgy.
Betsy Shirley, Enuma Okoro
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A Life in Letters

All the Way to Heaven: The Selected Letters of Dorothy Day, edited by Robert Ellsberg.
Rosalie G. Riegle
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New and Noteworthy

Reviews of The Living Wisdom of Howard Thurman, Standing in the Shoes My Mother Made, Somebody's Daughter, and This Sacred Moment.
Julie Polter
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From Escape to Reality

Reviews of 2010 films, and looking ahead to 2011.
Gareth Higgins
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Departments

A More Excellent Way

Let me give a word of support to Brian McLaren's God of love.
John Asa Hertzler
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Beyond Understanding

Brian McLaren's article "Is God Violent?" was a huge disappointment.
Bill Ball
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Luke 5:1 Disciples

This time they are the ones cauth, though they try to close their eyes.
Joseph Ross
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One Step Forward

Thank you for focusing on natural childbirth ("Reclaiming Childbirth," by Shafia M. Monroe, December 2010).
Jan King
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Trusting God's Inexplicable Goodness

Reflect;ion on the Revisd Common Lectionary, Cycle A: Transfiguration, False Desire to LIfe, Can We Start Again, and High-Water Mark.
Walter Brueggemann
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The Inclusion Solution

Brian McLaren does a good job in "Is God Violent?" (January 2011), arguing for the urgent importance of all of us in the Abrahamic faith tradition to tackle our troubling sacred texts abo
Ron Young
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Web Extra

Audio Reading and Interview with Joseph Ross

Hear Joseph Ross read his poem, Luke 5:1 Disciples.
Joseph Ross, Claire Lorentzen
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Extended Interview with Enuma Okoro

Enuma Okoro grew up in four countries, including Nigeria and the Ivory Coast, and describes her religious education as "doses of Roman Catholicism washed down with long gulps of multiflav
Enuma Okoro, Betsy Shirley
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Audio Slideshow with Heather Wilson

In this audio slideshow, photographer Heather Wilson talks about the beauty of the people, culture, and land of Afghanistan that she experienced while living there.
Heather Wilson
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