Health

Food Safety and Small Farm Justice

Jim Goodman 4-08-2009

HR 875 The Food Safety Modernization Act of 2009 has gotten considerable attention lately and that is a very good thing, people should be concerned about food safety and more specifically how their

Readers Speak Out on Body Image and Faith

Elizabeth Palmberg 4-08-2009

Many thanks to the folks who answered our request for your thoughts and stories about

The Obama Budget's Promise and Peril

Bob Greenstein 4-07-2009

I've been asked for a few words about how the recession may affect poverty in the United States, and also about policy issues related to poverty that have emerged from the economic recovery legislation and from the budget debate on Capitol Hill.

Doing the Best We Can in Hard Times - A Corporate Example

Elizabeth Denlinger Reaves 4-02-2009

Scanning the headlines recently, the following caught my attention: "Walgreens giving free care to jobless and uninsured." I read the article to find the hidden catch, but to my delight, I found only a company trying to use its resources in a way that promotes the common good of society.

Counting the Cost of Good and Bad Debt

Jim Wallis 3-26-2009

While watching President Obama's press conference Tuesday evening, I was struck by a few things that are often forgotten in the criticism of his proposed budget.

Diagnosing Our Economic Illness

Brian McLaren 3-26-2009

Some might say that this is the worst possible time to have a Mobilization to End Poverty.

In Praise of Dimples

Elizabeth Palmberg 3-24-2009

There are just a few days left to share your thoughts about eating, body image, and fa

Staff Who Deserve Retention Bonuses

Patricia Wudel 3-20-2009

There's been quite a lot in the news recently about AIG and its concerns about retaining "talented staff" if bonuses go unpaid. I too work with exceptionally talented men and women.

Share Your Strength

Elizabeth Palmberg 3-20-2009

In what ways do you find community and healing from our consumer culture's profoundly screwed-up body images, supersized portion size, and meals in front of the TV? Sojourners wants to know!

Time for Cristus Victor Gardens?

Fred Bahnson 3-16-2009

As the engine of the American Economy coughs, sputters, and shifts to low gear (too soon to say "grinds to a halt"), another motor driving the American Dream is also running low on fuel: the food s

The Economy and Abortion

Jim Wallis 3-12-2009

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Prosecuting the Potluckers: Activists Face Legal Challenges for Feeding the Homeless

Alan Clapsaddle 3-10-2009

Jim Wallis wrote a great post last week entitled "Potluck Perspective." Unfortunately, sharing food with 'the least of these' is again drawing the ire of those un

Push, not Protest, for a Budget with Better Priorities

Mary Nelson 3-03-2009

Several years ago over 100 of us were arrested for blocking a Capital building entrance and protesting tax cuts for the 5 percent wealthiest people and program cuts from WIC, food stamps, college a

Obama's Call to Rebuild

Jim Wallis 2-25-2009

This wasn't really a budget speech, or even a State of the Union. It was a call to rebuild a country -- from its infrastructure, to its economy, to its values.

A First Person Fight for the Millenium Development Goals

Teddy Warria 2-24-2009

I am the tenth of 17 children from a polygamous East African family. I hail from the village of Kamnwa in western Kenya, near the shores of Lake Victoria, and grew up in Nairobi City.

The Best Thing for the Economy, the Right Thing for the Poor

Jim Wallis 2-12-2009

A Fine Start for Common Ground Abortion Reduction

Douglas Kmiec 2-10-2009

The first weeks of the Obama administration have been a whirlwind of appointments, and as advertised, "change," but the aspect most in evidence is the president's efforts at finding common ground.

Amazing Grace in the Mental Ward

William O'Brien 1-01-2009

For years, I had fought against the stigmas that dehumanize people with mental illness. Now here I was on the inside.

'Elders' Refused Entry to Zimbabwe as Cholera Claims Lives

Nontando Hadebe 12-02-2008

"Either they don't know or they don't care."

-Gracia Machel, referring to the government attitude on the deteriorating humanitarian crisis in Zimbabwe.

Continuing the Abortion Conversation

Eugene Cho 12-02-2008

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