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30 Years of Zimbabwean Independence: Promises of Hope and 'Acts of Madness'

Nontando Hadebe 4-20-2010
Thirty years ago on April 18th, Zimbabwe celebrated independence and started a new chapter in its political history, full of promise and hope.
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A Covenant for Civility

Jim Wallis 4-08-2010

The political polarization of our society has now reached a new and dangerous level.

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The Sin of Usury

Rachel Anderson 3-30-2010
Recently, on the Call & Response blog, http://faithandleadership.com/blog/02-22-2010/dan-rhodes-congregations-s...
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A World Water Week Warning

Julie Clawson 3-26-2010
I grew up in the water world. My dad worked for the water department in Dallas and served as director of Austin water and wastewater.
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A Hold-Out and a Hunger Strike on Aid for Uganda

Lisa Dougan 3-09-2010

My alarm went off at 5 a.m. today. As I sat up and unzipped my sleeping bag, a gust of Oklahoma wind bitterly ushered me into a new day. Drops of rain splashed my face, extinguishing the last few embers of my sleepiness.

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The Balancing Act of a Successful Woman

Kathy Khang 3-08-2010

Hollywood isn't real life, but when real life (mine and the lives of the actors) and Hollywood converge it is great fodder for thinking and conversation. Peter and I can't stop talking about a recent date night movie, Up in the Air, starring Vera Farmiga and George Clooney.

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Elizabeth Warren and Goliath

Jim Wallis 2-11-2010

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Challenging Media Narratives on Haiti

Randall Amster 1-29-2010
A number of commentators have questioned the accepted logic that disasters bring out the worst in people, directly challenging the pervasive "looters run amok" imagery often perpetuated by the medi
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A Two Step Program for Reforming Wall Street's Gambling Addicts

Elizabeth Palmberg 1-29-2010

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Seeking Justice for Haiti's Oppressed, Orphans, and Widows

Elizabeth Denlinger Reaves 1-26-2010
"Seek justice, rescue the oppressed, defend the orphan, plead for the widow." Isaiah 1:17

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Book Tour Diary: Riverside Church and Rock and Roll

Jim Wallis 1-08-2010

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Why Climate Change Matters to the Lives of the Poor

Tim Costello 12-16-2009
World Vision is at the Copenhagen climate change talks because this is no longer an environmental crisis alone, but a deepening humanitarian crisis.
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U.S. Military Aid and the Paramilitaries Behind the Philippine Election Massacre

Katrina Abarcar 12-11-2009
For many of us in the U.S., the sometimes vicious attack ads of last year's presidential election are more than just a recent memory.
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Climate Justice Clips: Countdown to Copenhagen, Day 4

Jarrod McKenna 12-04-2009

Unlike the other clips we've been showing in this "countdown to COP15" this one EPYC hasn't shown in workshops but is often mentioned by students. It comes from a science teacher named Greg Craven ...
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Death on the Border: Who's the Criminal Here?

Maryada Vallet 12-01-2009
As a community of faith and conscience in Southern Arizona, we have seen more than a decade of deadly border enforcement, free trade, and immigration policies destroying habitat and home for many.
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Low-Hanging Fruit in the Fight Against World Hunger

Elizabeth Palmberg 11-18-2009
The World Summit on Food Security ended today in Rome, with words about cutting hunger, but no real progress on one of hunger's key causes: specula
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Zimbabwe's Cycle of Crisis

Nontando Hadebe 11-10-2009
The outcome of regional intervention in Zimbabwe has been a thirty day ultimat
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A Prayer for the Earth

Brian McLaren 10-27-2009
Tim Costello of World Vision Australia and I have been working behind the scenes to compose a prayer that could be used by individuals and groups leading up to the Copenhagen gathering on cli
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Danger and Opportunity in Zimbabwe

Nontando Hadebe 10-19-2009
The Chinese symbol for crisis can mean either danger or opportunity.
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Zelaya Returns: But How Will Honduras Move Forward?

Andrew Clouse 9-21-2009
Earlier this morning Radio Globo -- a pro-resistance radio source -- broke the news that Manuel "Mel" Zelaya, the deposed president of Honduras, has arrived in Tegucigalpa and was calling his suppo
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