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Meanwhile ... On the God Beat

Religion continues to play a major role in public life, even as political polarization moves us further apart. Amid all the noise, Sojourners editors uncover the faith angle behind some of the biggest headlines — and, perhaps, find some common ground.

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November 8, 2017

United but Not Uniform: Finding Faith at the Women’s Convention

Thousands of women gathered in Detroit over Halloween weekend for the Women’s Convention, a conference meant to build upon the energy of January’s Women’s March — the largest single-day protest in U.S. history.

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September 1, 2017

Black and DACAmented in the U.S.

With the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program in limbo, our Associate Web Editor Dhanya Addanki talked to Patrice Lawrence and Mwewa Sumbwe of the UndocuBlack Network about what the end of DACA could mean. This network was founded by undocumented black immigrants who wanted to center the voices of black undocumented people that are often left out of the immigration conversation. Listen in as they explore the intersections of being black and undocumented in the U.S. and the struggles and joys those identities hold.

Click here to sign a petition telling congress to save DACA: http://bit.ly/2wqOgfS

Learn more about the UndocuBlack Network at undocublack.org.

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August 21, 2017

Can Virtual Reality Rescue Humanity?

Video games have long been dismissed from mainstream audiences as shallow or immature, but can they be something more? Our multimedia editor JP Keenan traveled to the "Games For Change" festival to talk with game designers about the power of "empathy games" and learn about future of virtual reality to see if it's the game changer everyone is selling it out to be.

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August 14, 2017

How These Christian Activists Are Putting the Death Penalty on Trial

On this episode, our Associate Web Editor, @dhanyaddanki, talks to three of the 18 arrested death penalty abolitionists about why they fight against capital punishment. 

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July 11, 2017

You Can’t Mute All the Trolls: How to Be a Journalist in 2017

On today's episode, our deputy web editor @chwoodiwiss chats with with journalists @sullivanamy, @dawn_cherie, and @ayshabkhan about something journos usually don’t like talking about: when doing our job becomes too much. We discuss the public's rising suspicion of journalism, dealing with traumatic images, fending off Twitter hate, and—whew—why we still love the work. For more, read our companion piece in the July issue of Sojourners: http://bit.ly/2sMXaBH.

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June 1, 2017

It’s Almost Like Translating: Telling LGBTQ Stories on the Religion Beat

On today's episode, we sit down with Eliel Cruz — writer and organizer on religion and LGBTQ identities — to chat translating theology for nonreligious audiences and where to look for the next big LGBTQ-religion stories. 

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May 22, 2017

‘Does the Incarceration of This 14-Year-Old Girl Make Us Safer?’

When 14-year-old Bresha Meadows shot her father after allegedly enduring a lifetime of his abuse, she could have just been one more girl processed through what’s become known as the abuse-to-prison pipeline. But instead, the #FreeBresha movement arrived to question the harsh, punitive nature of our juvenile justice system.

Sojourners' Women and Girls Associate Jenna Barnett traveled to Ohio to see how pastors, advocates, and Bresha's family members felt about the case. Listen here to understand the case, and to find out what the church can learn from a social media movement and the 14-year-old girl it rallied behind.

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May 12, 2017

A Renaissance of Clicks: The Case for More Religion Reporters

On today's episode, our web editor sits down with Emma Green and McKay Coppins — both political reporters (with a religion bent) for The Atlantic — to chat about the state of religion reporting in mainstream media and how The Atlantic approaches the Godbeat. We talk about the challenges and opportunities, we break some news, and we give a hefty plug for the Religion News Association.

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April 28, 2017

Spotlight on Immigration: #MayDayAction

Jessica Cobian and David Beltrán talk immigration, sanctuary, and ICE in 2017, and why Sojourners will be at the #MayDayAction on Monday.

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April 28, 2017

Spotlight on Climate Justice: The #ClimateMarch

Alaura Carter takes us inside climate justice work at Sojourners, and why we're headed to the #ClimateMarch on Saturday.

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April 21, 2017

Getting Religion at the March for Science

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April 12, 2017

‘This Wasn’t About Tim Keller’

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April 7, 2017

Where’s the Body of Christ When Bodies Go Missing?

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April 5, 2017

The Thing About Tim Keller and Princeton Sem

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