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The latest news on Iraq, Immigration, Iran, minimum wage, education, 2006 election in Ohio, poverty, Senator Kerry, Darfur, Summer of 1964-good and evil, Pelosi film, and select op-eds and editorials. Sign up to receive our daily news summary via e-mail » Full news summary: Iraq-Senate. Panel rejects war `surge’ – “In the first congressional vote…

Since there will never cease to be some in need on the earth, I therefore command you, “Open your hand to the poor and needy neighbor in your land.” – Deuteronomy 15:11-11 + Sign up to receive our social justice verse of the day via e-mail

After all of the pundits and commentators were done picking apart President Bush’s State of the Union address, one glaring point had still not been made. In 49 minutes, President Bush barely uttered the words “poverty” or “the poor.” It’s as though our president has taken Jesus’ words in Matthew (“the poor you will always…

Great peacemakers are all people of integrity, of honesty, and humility. – Nelson Mandela + Sign up to receive our quote of the day via e-mail

The latest news on the State of the Union Address-lead responses, Democratic responses, specific issues including domestic policy, health insurance, immigration and energy,- the new commander for Iraq, Jimmy Carter in the Mideast, China, Somalia, Iran, Tutu at the World Social Forum, and select editorials. Sign up to receive our daily news summary via e-mail…

DAVOS, Switzerland – The first comments I heard in response to President Bush’s State of the Union message were from a diverse group of business, political, media, and civil society leaders from all over the world, gathered in Davos, Switzerland, for the World Economic Forum. It was discussed at the first session of the morning,…

What good is it, my brothers and sisters, if you say you have faith but do not have works? Can faith save you? If a brother or sister is naked and lacks daily food, and one of you says to them, “Go in peace; keep warm and eat your fill,” and yet you do not…

Let the beauty we love be what we do. There are hundreds of ways to kneel and kiss the ground. – Jelalludin Rumi + Sign up to receive our quote of the day via e-mail

I’ve been thinking a lot about the ethos of violence that is spreading like a disease through our world. I just read that TV violence is at a record high, with an average of 13 incidents of violence every hour. News headlines tell of the murders down in New Orleans. Homicides here in Philly and…

Jesus looked at him and said, “How hard it is for those who have wealth to enter the kingdom of God! Indeed, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for someone who is rich to enter the kingdom of God.” Those who heard it said, “Then who…
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