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Parting Shot

By Lisa Levy | June 22, 2012

O Lord, grant me impatience.

Occupy Catholics art by KtB's Communicant, Mary Valle.

No Revolution Without Religion

By Nathan Schneider | April 30, 2012

Why the Occupy movement needs to Occupy faith.

Photo courtesy of Bradford Daly.

Strangers In The Bible Belt and The Holy Land

By Ashley Makar | November 7, 2011

Immigration legislation in Alabama and Israel.

Bridge in Cairo, January 28, 2011. Photo by Timothy Kaldas.

Mercy

By Ashley Makar | February 14, 2011

Hope, apprehension, and the revolution in Egypt.

"Empire State Building" by Johan Hansson, via Flickr.

Whose College?

By Jonathan D. Fitzgerald | January 18, 2011

God, money, and power beneath the Empire State Building.

Photo of Ofelia Rivas by Jason Jacks for The Sierra Club.

Today Needs Another Name

By Quince Mountain | October 11, 2010

This Columbus Day, the spirit of 1492 is alive and well.

By F. Opper in Puck, 1881.

Yes, Mr. Kristof, This Is America

By Garrett Baer | September 20, 2010

Why are we so surprised by our own bigotry?

"Tea Party tax day protest 2010" by Fibonacci Blue via Flickr.

Outside a Tea Party

By JoAnn Wypijewski | June 21, 2010

Mongrel politics and an American mind.

"'Western Wall' Jerusalem, Israel" by Minamie's Photo, via Flickr.

Next Year In Jerusalem?

By Rachel Leven | March 31, 2010

It’s not my holy land.

“Romero is always present,” says Ana Grande, 30. A 2005 mural by J. Reyes Yasbek entitled Verdad y Justicia (“Truth and Justice”) attests to Romero’s continuing legacy in the struggle for social justice. All photos by Richard Amesbury.

Presente

By Richard Amesbury and Andrew Kirschman, S.J. | March 22, 2010

Archbishop Romero’s legacy survives in El Salvador.

Montana Plate by Spappy.joneS

Stupaking the States

By Mark Bergen | March 18, 2010

The latest twists and turns of the abortion debate.

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Who’s Amish Now?

By Ann Neumann | January 21, 2010

Is avoiding the health care mandate worth fastening your clothes with straight pins?

August 31, 2005, from space.

The Last Nail

By Rev. Osagyefo Uhuru Sekou | August 28, 2009

God and democracy four years after Hurricane Katrina.

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God or Country

By Ann Neumann | August 6, 2009

A good, religiously tolerant nation is hard to find.

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Jesus Plus Nothing, Minus Somalia

By Jeff Sharlet | July 13, 2009

How Christian fundamentalism helped turn Somalia into the next staging ground for Islamic radicalism.

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Chosen

By Jeff Sharlet | July 9, 2009

King David as a model for present-day political power. An excerpt from The Family.

Bayard Rustin in 1963

Gays Are the New Niggers

By Rev. Osagyefo Uhuru Sekou | June 26, 2009

40 years after the Stonewall riots, what Bayard Rustin means for American democracy.

Donald Rumsfeld and Dick Cheney at prayer

The Full Armor of God

By Nathan Schneider | May 25, 2009

Donald Rumsfeld took the LORD’s name in vain.