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Cover Story

From Conquistadors to Corporations
Wanna do something about globalization? You might start by learning a little history.  by Richard Parker

Features

Cuppa Joe, With a Twist
Pura Vida coffee—like most companies—goes after profits, but what happens next is hardly ordinary.  by Holly Lebowitz Rossi

What makes Pura Vida beans better?
by Bethany Spicher

Preaching God's Green Gospel
An interview with environmental minister Sally Bingham  by April Thompson

Building Dreams
Architecture students at Alabama's Rural Studio raise shelters for the spirit.  by Rose Marie Berger

Anything But the Grrrrrl
An interview with musician Ani DiFranco—founder of Righteous Babe Records and folk-punk troubadour of the secular Left.  by Rocky Kidd

Martha Stewartship
How to tell the difference between the good and a Good Thing OR What I learned from a domestic dominatrix.  by Julie Polter

Commentary

Crossing the Nuclear Threshold
Just exactly how are nuclear weapons supposed to help us wipe out terrorism?  by Jim Wallis

Sins of the Fathers
The deepest guilt is the church's.  by Jim Rice

A New Farrakhan?
The Nation of Islam leans toward the mainstream.  by Larry Bellinger

Why Daniel Pearl Died
Pursuing truth is always a risky venture.  by Molly Marsh

A Moment of Triumph
It takes real faith to make change happen.  by Scott Harshbarger

Columns

Hearts & Minds: Time to Come to Washington
by Jim Wallis

Macrowave: You Are What You Owe
by David Batstone

The Hungry Spirit: Managing the Erotic Life
by Rose Marie Berger

H'rumphs: Don't Try This at Home (no, wait…)
by Ed Spivey Jr.

Culture Watch

The Outlaw Rebel
by Danny Duncan Collum

Enlarging the Family
TV's first all-Latino drama broadens the cultural picture.  by Aaron McCarroll Gallegos
Television Review: American Family

A Few of My Favorite Things
by Holly Lebowitz Rossi

Living on Bananas
by Judy Coode
Film Review: Life and Debt by Stephanie Black.

Singing Down the Walls
by Robin Fillmore Chapin
Film Review: Amandla! A Revolution in Four-Part Harmony by Lee Hirsch.

Deep Reverence
by Beth Newberry
Music Review: Deep Natural and Dub Natural by Michelle Shocked.

Good for the Soul
by Wayne A. Holst
Book Review: Confession: Doorway to Forgiveness by Jim Forest.

Christianity Inc.
by Michael Budde and Robert Brimlow
Book Excerpt: Christianity Incorporated: How Big Business is Buying the Church by Michael Budde and Robert Brimlow.

New and Noteworthy
Compiled by Molly Marsh and Bethany Spicher

Worth Noting…
by Julienne Gage
Music Review: Border/La Linea by Lila Downs.

Departments

Inside Story
by The Editors

Between the Lines
| Yellow Light on Green Travel | Peaceable Kingdom Sighted | 9-11 Relatives Visit Afghanistan | Kids and Sex | Just Do It. | Israel's Defense Forces: "No More" | News Bites | Good Neighbors | Good Drug Smugglers? | The Monks of Malt | Glocalization (say what?) | Fun With Facts | Lust in Las Vegas | Resources: Building Supplies |

Living the Word: God So Loves This World
by Kari Jo Verhulst

Taking Action: The Church of Mary Magdalene
by Tricia Schug

Poetry: On the Road to Emmaus
by Rose Marie Berger

Connections
Compiled by Bethany Spicher

Letters
| What's a Myth | No Easy Answers | In the Eye of the Beholder? | The Smell of Evil | Gone Too Far? | Or Not Far Enough? |