Economics

What if the Bible's Ruth Came to America Today?

Arthur Waskow 5-27-2009

Learning from Shavuot and Pentecost: Can we share our harvest? Can we share our talk and tongues? Can we relearn how to share our work and rest?

The Poor Can Lead the Charge

Oscar Perry Abello 5-26-2009

If Hernando de Soto was overestimating how much wealth the world's poor have accumulated<

Equitable Neighborhood Revitalization

Neeraj Mehta 5-26-2009

A standard definition of community development often goes something like this:

The Consensus Problem

Elizabeth Palmberg 5-22-2009

The folks at NPR's Planet Money podcast have already sort of repented for verbally badgering Elizabeth Warren, a Harvard professor and high government official who happens to be female, in

Financial Assistance: Is Your Church Ready?

Anonymous Guest Contributor 5-21-2009

In the upcoming weeks and months, desperate people will knock on the doors of almost every church across the nation to ask for emergency financial assistance.

A Big Problem for Land Justice

Elizabeth Palmberg 5-18-2009

Why should the world turn away from huge, monocropped factory farms? Pick the reason you like best.

Are Christians Bad for an Empire's Economy? Should They Be?

Julie Clawson 5-06-2009

Mike recently brought to my attention a letter written by Pliny the Younger to the Emperor Trajan written aroun

Jack Kemp: Bleeding-Heart Conservative

Jim Wallis 5-05-2009

In 1965, in a last minute move, the American Football League switched its All-Star game from New Orleans to Houston.

When I found out A Night of Hope with Joel & Victoria would be playing in New York City, at the brand new $1.5 billion Yankee Stadium, I knew I had to attend this concert. (Sorry, but if you charge admission, I no longer call it a worship service).

Prior to the show, Joel and Victoria Osteen held a 15-minute press conference.

A Step Toward the Common Good

Jim Wallis 5-01-2009

Several years ago, faced with a disastrous federal budget proposal, Sojourners started using the phrase “budgets are moral documents.” That phrase has now entered the com

Why a Green Economy

Julie Polter 5-01-2009

Amid deepening poverty and a crashing ecosystem, we need a new way of doing business.

Making Places and People Bloom

Jeannie Choi 5-01-2009

Whether it's the South Bronx or rural North Carolina, visionary activist Majora Carter argues that cleaning up our act is good for us -- and the economy.

The Green Industrial Revolution

Jeannie Choi 5-01-2009

How Green For All is building a nationwide green-collar economy.

Resurrection City

Bill Wylie-Kellermann 5-01-2009

Auto idolatry and casino economics have left Detroit tottering on the brink. What will it take for Motown to rise again?

The First 100 Days

Jim Wallis 4-30-2009

Wednesday marked the 100th day of President Obama's administration and the final day of Sojourners' http://www.sojo.net/index.cfm?action=events.m2ep&item=m2ep-home&source=r...

Audio: Earmarked for Kingdom Justice

Efrem Smith 4-30-2009

In this clip, Pastor Efrem preaches from the book of Proverbs, specifically chapters 10-18, in which there is a contrast made between the righteous person and the wicked person.

M2EP LIVE: Taking on the Powers (kind of)

Ed Spivey Jr. 4-28-2009

This is the day. The day that the entrenched powers on Capitol Hill come face to face with the horde of advocates from the Mobilization Against Poverty.

M2EP LIVE: Meeting Sojo Supporters

Ed Spivey Jr. 4-27-2009

I had lunch with several long-time readers and supporters of Sojourners, people who in their own lives have been living out the gospel for decades.

The Social Side Effects of Global Warming

Cesar Baldelomar 4-22-2009

We are at a global turning point.

Wheels of Change in Zimbabwe

Nontando Hadebe 4-20-2009

Someone once said that once the wheels of change are in motion, they can't be stopped; it's as if once the sun starts to rise, there is no going back into the night.