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Calling Big Banks to Account

Margaret Benefiel 11-03-2009

Thousands of protesters converged on Chicago last week to demand banking reform, challenging bankers gathered

Tax Day Wish: Prophetic Voices on Taxes

Chuck Collins 4-13-2009

Where are the prophetic voices on the topic of taxation this April 15?

$296 Billion, 22 Months

Jim Wallis 3-31-2009

$296 billion is a lot of money. Twenty-two months is a long time. But that's not the cost of the most recent bailout and 22 months isn't a prediction of how long our economic crisis will last.

Jon Stewart, Prophet (But Not the Phoney Future-Telling Kind)

Eugene Cho 3-13-2009

What does it say about our country that we have to hear the cold and hard truth from a comedian? Check out the videos below as comedian Jon Stewart interviews and exposes Jim Cramer - the hyped and elevated investment and financial guru.

More Connected Than We Think

Jim Wallis 3-05-2009

Last Friday, I met a vice president for the insurance giant AIG. While I try to be a gracious person, senior management for a giant corporation highly culpable for our current crisis and currently eating up billions in public funds wasn't my top choice for grace that day.

Audio: Taking 'Change We Can Believe In' to the Next Level

Efrem Smith 1-15-2009

It was hard to narrow this sermon down to a short clip -- it makes so many good points!

What if the Amish Were in Charge of the Economy?

Ryan Rodrick Beiler 12-12-2008

My Advent Calendar: December 12

Diana Butler Bass 12-12-2008

Following on the theme of the last two windows, Dec. 12 on the Advent calendar opened to a picture of an ox with a book-the symbol of the gospel of Luke.

Automakers: Apology Accepted

Jim Wallis 12-11-2008

This week GM printed a full page ad in Automotive News magazine to make a public apology. They said:

Downsize Wall Street

Elizabeth Palmberg 12-11-2008

So here's the cold, hard, unvarnished economic truth about financial deregulation, and the big gaps between rich and poor it fosters: They're really, really lousy for the economy, as Robert S. McElvaine points out in "It's the Equality, Stupid" in this month's Sojourners magazine.

Hard Times

Mary Nelson 12-05-2008

A Second Bretton Woods?

Neil Watkins 11-21-2008

Twenty heads of state descended upon Washington this past weekend to discuss the global financial crisis and how to solve it. A communiqué and action plan came out of the meeting, but without President-elect Obama there, few had expected much to come in terms of concrete results

Do Detroit and the Big Three Automakers Have a Prayer?

Jim Wallis 11-19-2008

The Upside to the Economic Crisis

Aaron Taylor 11-11-2008

Another Sign of the End

Eugene Cho 10-21-2008

The conversation we have on God's Politics can be very intense.

The work of loving mercy, seeking justice, and walking humbly can be pretty merciless, ruthless, and humiliating. The recent financial meltdown has only increased the national and global anxiety.