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Every Child a Soldier?
When public high schools opened their doors last fall, military recruiters lined up to get personal student data.
Women Empowered to Fight AIDS
The San Francisco-based Global AIDS Interfaith Alliance received a $1 million grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to fight HIV/AIDS in Malawi, Africa.
In the Line of Duty
Rachel Corrie, 23, of Olympia, Washington, was killed March 16 when she was run over by an Israeli military bulldozer, moments after the photo at right was taken.
Terrorist Training Camp?
Eighty-six human rights advocates from across the United States were tried in January and February in federal court for nonviolent civil disobedience
Defending Life, Rights
Pro-life demonstrators protested the D.C. government's use of surveillance cameras during the January March for Life
News Bites
Healing Hope. Family members of Sept. 11 victims traveled on a peace mission to Iraq in January.
The Little Train That Wouldn't
To protest Prime Minister Tony Blair's threat to attack Iraq, two U.K. train drivers refused in January to move a freight train carrying ammunition
Corporations That Need A Clean-Up
Last year corporations took it on the chin when it came to financial scandal.
Hyperventilating for the Lord
Critics who insist the church is full of hot air finally have their proof: British entrepreneur Mike Gill has introduced the world's first (and hopefully last) inflatable church.
Demolition Democracy
Recently the Associated Press identified some of the fundamental changes to Americans' legal rights by the Bush administration through the USA Patriot Act and the Office of Homeland Security:
Are You a Terrorist, Too?
Sister Antonia Anthony is a 74-year-old Franciscan nun who raises funds for the poor of southern Mexico.
Exorcise That!
Last November, 12 clergy in full regalia—accompanied by acolytes with candles, crosses, holy water, and faith—processed to the federal building in Portland, Oregon...
News Bites
Saints' Daze. A few days before Christmas, Pope John Paul II beatified Mother Teresa, elevating her to the rank just below sainthood.
Best Practices: Changing Clothes
No Sweat apparel has a strict dress code: union-made only.
First Martyr Mourned
George Weber, 73, of Chesley, Ontario, was killed in a motor accident on January 6 while traveling with a Christian Peacemaker Team delegation north of Basrah, Iraq.
Resources: Building Supplies
Still confused about the rules governing political activity by religious organizations?
Evangelical, Not Zionist
Forty-three prominent evangelical leaders sent a letter to President Bush indicating that the Christian Right's uncritical support of Israel is not the position of all American evangelicals.