Inside Story

Millions of people died in the slave trade. African AIDS deaths will soon exceed those horrendous numbers. The future of the continent isn't all that's at stake. ALSO: For the Jetsons and other denizens of the future, what will church life be like in the year 2054?; Charitable Choice, what it is, what it isn't, and how it could transform social services in this country; Revelations in black and white: Barry Moser's new illustrated Bible; The Waiting: something so commonplace as receiving a visitor is a momentous and memorable event in prison. PLUS: Another look at the IMF/World Bank protests; saying no to Disneyfication; Saint Dorothy Day; faith and community at the Bruce Sprinsteen show; and more…