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Last week, U.S. Special Envoy to Sudan Andrew Natsios told an audience at Georgetown University that, at present, “the term genocide is counter to the facts of what is really occurring in Darfur.” What part of the ongoing, ethnically-targeted rape, displacement, and killing of civilians does Natsios not understand – and when will the U.S.…

This past week I stood with hundreds of black clergy as the sun rose over a memorial site constructed in the lower 9th Ward to honor the thousands of lives that were lost in the waters of Katrina. The vigil was organized as a part of the third Samuel DeWitt Proctor conference, a conference that…

The latest news on North Korea, Iraq- Congress, strategy-, health insurance, Iran, politics- presidential, climate change, and select Op-Eds. Sign up to receive our daily news summary via e-mail » Full news summary: North Korea. N. Korea Agrees to Nuclear Disarmament– “In a landmark international accord, North Korea promised Tuesday to close down and seal…

But those who want to be rich fall into temptation and are trapped by many senseless and harmful desires that plunge people into ruin and destruction. For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil, and in their eagerness to be rich some have wandered away from the faith and pierced…

Thanks for entering the 2008 presidential race. I know a lot of people feel as I do: After several elections where we felt we were left to choose between tired and uninspiring candidates with little fresh to offer except new twists on old electioneering techniques, it seems that in the upcoming primary elections, at least,…

Several readers responded strongly to the title of Jim’s post a while back: God Hates Inequality (also featured in SojoMail). Here’s a representative example: I was very disappointed to read an email from Sojourners that began with the phrase “God Hates.” Yes, I believe that God is greatly disappointed in the manner in which humans…

The latest news on Iraq-Congress, veterans-, Iran-weapons, nuclear program-, Obama announces presidential campaign, Arab tensions, North Korea, Putin accuses U.S., Harvard’s first woman president, Episcopal church, Hungry in Ohio, and select Op-Eds. Sign up to receive our daily news summary via e-mail » Full news summary: Iran-weapons to Iraq. U.S. makes case that Iran arms…

Keep walking, though there’s no place to get to.Don’t try to see through the distances. That’s not for human beings.Move within, but don’t move the way fear makes you move. – Jelalludin Rumi+ Sign up to receive our quote of the day via e-mail

Steadfast love and faithfulness will meet; righteousness and peace will kiss each other. Faithfulness will spring up from the ground, and righteousness will look down from the sky. – Psalms 85:10-11 + Sign up to receive our social justice verse of the day via e-mail

I hope it isn’t entirely frivolous to take note of the untimely death of Anna Nicole Smith – although I suspect some God’s Politics readers might think it odd for a Christian blogger to pay respect to the passing of a former Playboy centerfold and tabloid celebrity. On most days, it probably would not have…
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