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Defining Moment
Nike now lets you personalize your shoes by submitting a word or phrase the company will stitch beneath the swoosh.
Eight Pretty Bad Corporations
Aventis CropScience. Put genetically altered and EPA unapproved "Star Link" corn in Taco Bell brand taco shells; at least 44 people became ill.
Sex in the City (and the suburbs)
There is a new ad campaign hitting the national media called "Sex Has Consequences."
Building Supplies
"Uncharted Waters" is a new Mars Hill Audio report exploring the social, economic, and moral costs of casino gambling on the small town of Tunica, Mississippi.
Operator? Get Me Jesus On the Line
The first-ever sacred pre-paid phone card series is available from Siesta Telecom Inc.
Alternative Trade Routes
Want to learn about trade laws for small businesses in Tanzania? Or buy lovely handcrafted mugs for your church volunteers?
To Sip or Dip?
Christians who dip their bread in the common Communion cup for fear of diseases are far more likely to get the common cold than those who sip.
T'cha From the Old School
Kris Parker, better known as hip-hop legend KRS-One (which stands for Knowledge Reigns Supreme Over Nearly Everyone), left his job at Warner Bros.
A Righteous Light
Jennifer Harbury's eight-year fight for justice in the death of her husband, Guatemalan resistance leader Efrain Bamaca Velasquez, has ended in victory.
Soldiering on in Bean Town
According to the United Nations, one child in four lives in an unstable, often violent, environment. The World Council of Churches is determined to change those statistics-one city at a time.
Peace Prize or Gas Chamber
Convicted murderer and gang leader Stanley "Tookie" Williams has been nominated for the 2001 Nobel Prize for Peace.
A Crack in the Glass Ceiling
The Church of Pakistan has ordained its first two women deacons, despite civil court action by a breakaway church that believes the Bible bans women from the clergy.
Cuppa Joy?
John Sage is low-key in approach and evangelistic in mission: Save the world through coffee. Can't be done, you say?
What do you get for a planet that has everything?
The Alliance of Religions and Conservation and the World Wildlife Fund brought together 11 major faiths-representing some 4 billion people-to ask that very question.
News Bites
April 23-29 is national "Turn off Your TV" week. Coincidentally, it is also "Roll Back the Rug and Teach the Kids the Electric Slide" week.
Let Them Eat Grapes
The United Farm Workers union has called off its 16-year boycott of California table grapes, citing recent organizing and contract victories as the reason.
Building Supplies
The YouthPeace organizing packet has graphics, media information, literature lists, and training, workshop, and organizing ideas for local youth activists.
No Longer a Bleeding-Heart Issue
Peace Talks at SOA
While 10,000 protestors gathered outside the gates of the U.S.