Rumors of the Suicide of the Liberal Church Are Exaggerated: A Response to Chris Hedges
Within the first dozen words of Chris Hedges’ recent article on liberal Protestants we learn both…
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How Evangelical-Friendly Are Scientists? A Response
In a recent post from RD’s religion and science portal, The Cubit, Andrew Aghapour casts doubt on…
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A Report from America’s “Sacrifice Zones”
“I wanted to write a book that looked at what happened when you forced individuals and communities, as well as the environment, to kneel before the dictates of the marketplace. The best way to do this was to go to the nation’s sacrifice zones, those poorest pockets of the country that had been exploited first, to show what happens when you allow the marketplace to rule.”
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Why 9/11 Changed Everything Nothing
The cliché that 9/11 “changed everything” is nowhere less true than in the post-9/11 impulse to declare war immediately. War was a choice as well as an echo: a choice Americans made, and an echo of how Americans have made decisions in times of previous conflict.
Read MoreHate Crimes Bill—At What Cost?
I would hope that as thousands of my fellow GLBTQ citizens celebrate this day for which they have so long worked, and so hard, that they not lose sight of the cost which has come with it.
Read MoreUnitarian Church Shooter Jailed for Life
Jim Adkisson’s deranged would-be suicide note is a portrait of hate.
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