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Plowshares Activists Sentenced

by Andrew Schleicher, by Molly Marsh 03-01-1999

Several peace demonstrators received prison sentences in early January for hammering on a B-52 bomber...

Pickles and Football?

by Andrew Schleicher, by Molly Marsh 03-01-1999

Ohio State University head football coach John Cooper put himself in a pickle when he agreed to endorse a company that the Farm Labor Organizing Committee AFL-CIO (FLOC) says engages in unfair la

Landmine Treaty Takes Effect--Without U.S.

by Andrew Schleicher, by Molly Marsh 03-01-1999

The 1997 Mine Ban Treaty will go into effect faster than any other major treaty, according to Jody Williams, ambassador of the International Campaign to Ban Landmines. 

Sexual Promiscuity in Africa Called "Violence"

by Andrew Schleicher, by Molly Marsh 03-01-1999

AIDS in Africa has reached epidemic proportions, and an American clergyman told a gathering in Zimbabwe this winter that he knows one of the main reasons why: male sexual permissiveness.

Christian Reformed Church Called to Repent

by Andrew Schleicher, by Molly Marsh 03-01-1999

The Committee to Give Direction about and for Pastoral Care for Homosexual Members encouraged Christian Reformed churches to repent for failing to minister to gay and lesbian members.

U.N. Calls for Decade of Peace and Nonviolence

by Andrew Schleicher, by Molly Marsh 03-01-1999

The United Nations General Assembly voted in November to proclaim the first decade of the 21st century "The Decade for a Culture of Peace and Nonviolence for the Children of the World (2001-2010)

NCC and NAACP Leaders Arrested in Court Action

by Andrew Schleicher 01-01-1999

Top officials from the National Council of Churches and the NAACP came to the U.S. Supreme Court in October to testify that the court should hire more minorities as law clerks.

A Charge Against Gay Union

by Andrew Schleicher 01-01-1999

The Environmental Working Group resigned last October from a presidential advisory panel created to bring together farm and environmental interests on the issue of pesticides.

A Growing Tide Against the SOA

by Andrew Schleicher 01-01-1999

More than 2,300 people marched onto the grounds of the U.S. Army School of the Americas (SOA) at Ft. Benning, Georgia, on November 22, demanding that the "school of assassins" be closed.

Inspectors Turned Away Again

by Andrew Schleicher 01-01-1999

Iraq isn't the only country to turn away bomb inspectors.

Irish Bishop Ordains Woman

by Andrew Schleicher 01-01-1999

Well, not that kind of Irish bishop.

Environmental Group Bugs Out

by Andrew Schleicher 01-01-1999

United Methodist Bishop Joseph Sprague filed a formal complaint in October against the Rev.

Seeds of Hope Planted in Africa

by Andrew Schleicher 01-01-1999

Shortly after World Food Day (October 16, 1998), Congress finally (by unanimous consent) passed the Africa: Seeds of Hope Act.