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The War Must Not Go On!

Jim Wallis 6-23-2011

Last evening, President Obama made his long-awaited announcement on beginning withdrawal of the 103,000 U.S. troops from Afghanistan.

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The Violence We Live By

Debra Dean Murphy 5-05-2011
"However much we try to distinguish between morally good and morally evil ways of killing, our attempts are beset with contradictions, and these contradictions remain a fragile part of our mode
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Afghanistan Weekly Digest: Obama's Policy Team. Pakistan. Trauma.

Hannah Lythe 4-14-2011
[Editors' note: As part of Sojourners' campaign to end the war in Afghanistan, we will run a weekly Afghanistan news digest to educate our readers about the latest new
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Martin Luther King Jr. and the Silent Betrayal of our Veterans

Logan Isaac 4-04-2011
Forty-three years ago today, Martin Luther King Jr. was shot and killed in Memphis, Tennessee.
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Prayer of the Day: Women's History Month

the Web Editors 3-08-2011
We remember that March is Women's History Month. Thank you for all the cherished women in our lives and in our histories: mothers, sisters, friends and neighbors.
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Report From Afghanistan: The Human Toll of Obama's 'Good War'

Eric Stoner 3-04-2011

In December, as the United States entered the 10th year of what President Obama called the "good war" in Afghanistan, I traveled to Kabul to take stock of the human toll of the increasingly bloody occupation.

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Come Together to Combat Torture

Becky Garrison 2-16-2011
Duke Divinity School is hosting an inter-faith conference on torture from March 25 to 26, with the National Religious Campaign Against Torture (NRCAT), the Duke Human Rights Center, and the North C
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Record Levels of Violence in Afghanistan Do Not Equal Progress

Eric Stoner 12-28-2010
Greetings from Afghanistan.
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Global AIDS Day and Advent

Ruth Hawley-Lowry 12-01-2010
"It gets better." Those are the words of promise that many of us spoke to Internet audiences this past autumn to encourage adolescents who are considering suicide.
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Preaching on Truth and Conscience

Logan Isaac 11-22-2010

This series written by Logan Mehl-Laituri for God's Politics focuses on selective conscientious objection. Read more posts in this series here.

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This Veterans Day, Honor the Consciences of Our Veterans

Rose Marie Berger 11-11-2010
Today, on Armistice Day, 18 American military vets will commit suicide.
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Veterans' Suicides and Selective Conscientious Objection

Logan Isaac 11-08-2010

This is the fourth installment of a series Logan Mehl-Laituri is writing for God's Politics focusing on selective conscientious objection.

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Justice for All Means Justice for Gays and Lesbians

Hannah Lythe 10-25-2010
I wonder how we find room for hatred.
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Christians and Bullying: Standing with Gays and Lesbians

Jim Wallis 10-21-2010
My mother used to give us kids two instructions:

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Our Righteous Lament

Nadia Bolz-Weber 10-04-2010
There is quite a strong tradition in the Old Testament of complaining to God about injustice and suffering. It's lamenting -- and we should perhaps reclaim this part of our tradition.
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Angel Island: History Repeats Itself

Craig Wong 9-07-2010
Editor's Note: This statement was delivered at an interfaith prayer vigil at the U.S.
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Hurt Locker Can't Contain the Reality of War

Logan Isaac 3-09-2010

I am not a movie buff by any standard, but somehow I suspect I am not the only one who was more than a little surprised at the reception of the latest war movie at Sunday's Oscars.

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The Contentious Issue of 'Selective Conscientious Objection'

Logan Isaac 3-01-2010

As I have been talking about the Truth Commis

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Beyond a Predictable Script: Dialogue with Comments on My Israel/Palestine Posts

Brian McLaren 2-08-2010
It's one thing to go to the "Holy Land" and see where Jesus worked and walked in the past.
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Blurred Lines Between Military and Humanitarian Efforts in Afghanistan Raise More Questions than Answers

Heather Wilson 1-29-2010

Reported in a recent Times article, leading non-governmental organizations (NGOs), speculate that the militarization of aid in Afghanistan blurs lines between military and humanitarian responses, jeopardizing the success of projects and the lives of staff, wanting a return of all aid work to NGOs.

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