THANKS FOR THE excellent article "The Issue is Poverty" (March-April 1997). As someone who has worked in the inner city of Brooklyn for 35 years, I agree.
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Ed Sacco 5-01-1997
I am terribly disappointed with the March-April 1997 issue that claims "white supremacy" is an idol ("Blocking the Prayers of the Church," by Eugene F. Rivers 3d).
Jeremy Lloyd 5-01-1997
WITH SOME truth Rosemary Radford Ruether, as quoted by Aaron Gallegos, suggests environmentalists ignore the issues of race and class.
Lorna Diggle 5-01-1997
I WAS DISMAYED to learn that in serious studies of Mary Magdalene written in the ’90s the gospel according to Mary would have to be "fictionalized".
Bob Francis 5-01-1997
I ENJOYED reading Duane Shank’s article in the January-February 1997 issue ("Call to Renewal" column).
Sheryl Snyder 5-01-1997
I AM WRITING in reference to "H’rumphs"—"The Only Election Guide You’ll Need" (by Ed Spivey Jr., September-October 1996).
Sandy Maben, Aaron McCarroll Gallegos 5-01-1997
As the first fruits of the strawberry season appear in supermarkets across the country, farmworkers, labor activists, and members of the religious community are organizing to demand better conditions...
Keith Warner O.F.M. 5-01-1997
In the spirit of St. Francis, the SouthWest Environmental Equity Project works for the poor and the Earth.
Sandy Maben, Aaron McCarroll Gallegos 5-01-1997
In spite of the end of the civil war in El Salvador and a strong challenge in the March 16 elections to ARENA...
Sandy Maben, Aaron McCarroll Gallegos 5-01-1997
The online magazine Slate reported recently that statisticians have been unable to disprove the existence of "Torah codes" in the Hebrew scriptures.
Sandy Maben, Aaron McCarroll Gallegos 5-01-1997
Much of the world sees the peace process in Palestine and Israel as taking place between Muslims and Jews, forgetting that there are many Palestinian Christians who are also affe
The Editors 5-01-1997
Sometimes (well, occasionally) the words and image that we put on our cover come together quickly, seemingly with little effort on our part.
The Editors 3-01-1997
Following President Clinton's signing of the federal "welfare reform" legislation last August, three top administration officials resigned in protest.
Lisa Y. Sullivan 3-01-1997
I WANT TO thank Sojourners for honoring the life and work of Nellie Jean Sindab in the January-February 1997 issue ("Labors of Love").
Jeff Shriver 3-01-1997
I WANT TO congratulate Jim Rice on a fine article on the spirituality of leisure ("Why Play?" January-February 1997).