Elections

Rose Marie Berger 8-01-2004
What is hiding behind the flag of 'moral decency'?

Race and politics in 2004.

A recent survey of political involvement by black churches, conducted by Morehouse College’s "Public Influences of African-American Churches Project"...

Jim Wallis 1-01-2001

President-elect George W. Bush, as a victor who lost the popular vote and won the presidency with a 5-4 Supreme Court decision, will face a divided nation

Ed Spivey Jr. 1-01-2001

At press time our nation hung in the balance.

Danny Duncan Collum 11-01-2000
On the campaign trail, populism's hot—but will it last?
Carter Echols 11-01-2000
Bring poverty into the campaign.
Jim Wallis 11-01-2000

Let the good times roll! President Bill Clinton was absolutely beaming as he reported the U.S. Census Bureau's annual poverty statistics.

Jim Wallis 11-01-2000

The real question is not whether religious values should help shape politics, but how.

Micah L. Sifry 9-01-2000

For activists dedicated to transforming the role that money plays in our politics, these are the best of times and the worst of times.

Protesting campaign finance corruption and the "dumb or dumber" choices of many current elections, activist filmmaker Michael Moore is asking Americans to vote for potted plants...

Ed Spivey Jr. 7-01-2000

In just a few short months you'll wake up on a crisp Tuesday after the first Monday in November and do your part to dramatically affect the course of history.

Danny Duncan Collum 11-01-1999

The 2000 presidential election promises to be the biggest fiasco since 1920, when monied interests foisted Warren G. Harding off upon a distracted public.

Jim Wallis 9-01-1999

The emergence of the term "faith-based organization" in political discussion (and its acronym FBO) may signal one of the most significant new developments in American public life.

Walter Wink 9-01-1984

An election year equation for discerning the spirits.