Auto idolatry and casino economics have left Detroit tottering on the brink. What will it take for Motown to rise again?
Environment
Danny Duncan Collum 5-01-2009
The future of Appalachia -- and the planet -- depends on unseating King Coal.
Molly Marsh 5-01-2009
A rough economy, changing reading habits, and a planet in peril are forcing book publishers to retool the way they do business.
Elizabeth Palmberg 4-27-2009
I was delighted to run into Charlotte Keys, head of Jesus People Against Pollution of Columbia, MS, whom I'd http://www.sojo.net/index.cfm?action=magazine.article&issue=soj0903&art
Elizabeth Palmberg 4-24-2009
Nigerian activist Leo Atakpu is a busy guy -- he advocates for debt cancellation, opposes water privatization, and speaks out against climate change.
Elizabeth Palmberg 4-23-2009
Often, when we hear about global warming, what we get on the news is statistics that are hard to take in.
Amanda Hendler-Voss 4-14-2009
Lemeyo Abon, an indigenous elder from the Marshall Islands, is a survivor of fallout from the largest nuclear bomb ever
Craig Detweiler 3-27-2009
From Joan of Arc to Sir Thomas More, courageous martyrs continue to inspire us. Their powerful witness is memorialized in homilies, books, and even movies.
Jim Wallis 3-26-2009
While watching President Obama's press conference Tuesday evening, I was struck by a few things that are often forgotten in the criticism of his proposed budget.
Holly Lebowitz Rossi 3-18-2009
Meet Stephen Bartlett, an urban gardener and educator in Louisville, Kentucky.
Fred Bahnson 3-16-2009
As the engine of the American Economy coughs, sputters, and shifts to low gear (too soon to say "grinds to a halt"), another motor driving the American Dream is also running low on fuel: the food s
Linnea Nilsen Capshaw 3-10-2009
Norwegian Lutheran guilt ... is that what I feel every time I get on a plane to do my job as an organizational transition coach? Or is it deeper than that?
Becky Garrison 3-09-2009
Whenever I see holy hipster author-speakers flying around the world to peddle their products, I feel like hurling http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0061627992?ie=UTF8&tag=sojo_blog-20&a
Cesar Baldelomar 3-05-2009
Current newspapers and blogs are replete with commentaries on the outcome of the presidential elections, the ailing economy, and life issues, especially abortion.
Barbara Born 3-02-2009
Bible readings from the Revised Common Lectionary: Genesis 17:1-7, 15-16; Psalm 22; Romans 4:13-25; Mark 8:31-38
Elizabeth Palmberg 3-01-2009
Evangelist Charlotte Keys and the 'Jesus People' she organized took on a global corporation to save a small town.