Sadly, the debate around the economic recovery and stimulus package has often been characterized by the politics of the past rather than the politics of the future. Ideology too often trumps sound economics and recent experience. In the fight against poverty, the current recession and economic crisis provides one of those rare moments when targeted efforts to lift up low-income Americans also provide the greatest stimulus to the economy.
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Rose Marie Berger 2-06-2009
Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction Stuart Bowen has been on the Hill this week going through the gory details of waste, fraud, and mismanagement of the roughly $51 billion we gave fo
Becky Garrison 2-05-2009
The day after Obama was sworn in as president, Trinity Institute launched its annual conference titled "Radical Abundance: A
Walter Brueggemann 2-01-2009
Biblical faith invites us out of self-destruction toward God's generosity and abundance.
Chuck Collins 2-01-2009
As our economy continues to decline, "common security clubs" are one way people can support each other and take action for a more just future.
Efrem Smith 1-15-2009
It was hard to narrow this sermon down to a short clip -- it makes so many good points!
Jim Wallis 1-07-2009
In 2003, Call to Renewal was deeply engaged in working to have a refundable child tax credit included in that year's tax cu
Nontando Hadebe 1-05-2009
Blessings of shalom for 2009! I have just come back from a four week visit to Zimbabwe.
Eboo Patel 1-05-2009
The Council of Islamic Relations calls the Israeli attack on Gaza a "disproportionate and counterproductive ...
LaShaune Littlejohn 12-11-2008
Dear Santa,
I remember how Christmas used to be when I was a little girl: waking up early Christmas morning, racing downstairs to see the presents and unwrapping gifts.
Elizabeth Palmberg 12-11-2008
So here's the cold, hard, unvarnished economic truth about financial deregulation, and the big gaps between rich and poor it fosters: They're really, really lousy for the economy, as Robert S. McElvaine points out in "It's the Equality, Stupid" in this month's Sojourners magazine.