Taxes

G-20: The Global South Is Too Big To Fail

Hayley Hathaway 9-22-2009

As pundits and politicians wield fighting words over the domestic health-care crisis, another group is getting ready to combat a different crisis -- one which, unless it's resolved quickly, will ca

My Reaction to Obama's Speech? It's a Start, but I Want More

Valerie Elverton Dixon 9-10-2009

I am a voracious woman.

Republicans Want Health-Care Reform Too!

Bob Lupton 9-01-2009

I'm a registered Republican. I didn't vote for Obama. I believe in free-market enterprise. I like smaller government. There, I said it. It's out!

To Whom Much is Given

Valerie Elverton Dixon 8-12-2009

We learned the story in Sunday school:

'Jose Illegal' is a Lie

Melanie Weldon-Soiset 8-07-2009

It's an e-mail to make your blood boil.

Health Care and Structural Violence

Valerie Elverton Dixon 7-24-2009

Just peace theory recognizes that there is more than one kind of violence.

Health Care in the UK: An Astonishing Example of Communitarian Justice

Gareth Higgins 7-14-2009

Sometime in the spring of 1974, my world was somewhat disturbed by the event of my conception, in Belfast, Northern Ireland.

God's Image and Caesar's Image: Torture and the Currency of Empire

Arthur Waskow 5-04-2009

One of the central teachings of Torah is that all human beings are made in the Image of God. That teaching and what flows from it are at the heart of Jewish prohibitions on the use of torture -- and perhaps at the heart of Christian opposition to torture as well.

Indeed, the Rabbis

What President Obama's Budget Means for Poor People

Ronald J. Sider 4-17-2009

If a budget is a moral document, what should be said about the president's proposed budget for 2010? I focus here on what this budget proposal says about justice for poorer Americans.

A Christian Argument for Progressive Taxation

Diana Butler Bass 4-17-2009

Wednesday morning, at 9 a.m. sharp, I took my tax payment to the local post office. When I handed it to the clerk, she said, "I hate tax day." I replied, "Not me.

Taxes and Tithes, Contract and Covenant

Valerie Elverton Dixon 4-15-2009

We cannot avoid death and taxes. Our own death is an event that we only face once.

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?

Push, not Protest, for a Budget with Better Priorities

Mary Nelson 3-03-2009

Several years ago over 100 of us were arrested for blocking a Capital building entrance and protesting tax cuts for the 5 percent wealthiest people and program cuts from WIC, food stamps, college a

Our Moral Audit of the Budget

Jim Wallis 3-02-2009

Four years ago, faced with a disastrous federal budget proposal, Sojourners coined a phase, "budgets are moral documents." That phrase has now entered the common lexicon, but it remains our fundam

Child Tax Credit: Better Late Than Never

Jim Wallis 1-07-2009

In 2003, Call to Renewal was deeply engaged in working to have a refundable child tax credit included in that year's tax cu

Jubilee for Wall Street?

Chuck Collins 9-24-2008

The Bush administration believes this should be a "time of Jubilee" for Wall Street speculators, a time of debt forgiveness. But the current proposal would only place additional debt shackles on the next generation.

Be a 'Budget Hero'

Rose Marie Berger 6-23-2008

American Public Media recently launched Budget Hero--an interactive game that lets people explore the major [...]

The Bible is Neither Conservative or Liberal

Jim Wallis 6-12-2008

Beliefnet invited Jim Wallis for a "blogalogue" with David Klinghoffer, author of How Would God Vote? Why the Bible Commands You to Be a Conservative. Here's Jim's response to David's first post, "Let's Clarify the Politics of the Bible."

Thanks for your post, David. I'm looking forward to this discussion with [...]

Tax Exempt and Politically Active?

Duane Shank 8-01-2007

What churches need to know.

The Taxman Cometh

Dan Nejfelt 2-01-2007

Is the IRS unfairly targeting churches?