Category: news
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Men in Prison
The following graphic comes from Philip N. Cohen at Sociological Images; visit the site for another alarming graphic along with some commentary. His statistics come from a recently released report by the Bureau of Justice Statistics.
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Christianity in the Middle East: Collateral Damage?
Back in 2008 I linked to David Aikman’s commentary in Christianity Today, “Suffocating the Faithful”, about the massive migration of Christians from Iraq as a result of the US invasion. A few days ago Doonsebury picked up the same theme and a recent Pew study on global Christianity notes that, “Although Christianity began in [the…
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Deportation Places Thousands of Children in Foster Care
Not that it was needed, but a report yesterday from the Applied Research Center provides yet more evidence of the devastation caused by our country’s deportation policy. This time the focus is on the children of those deported, over 5,000 who are now housed in the foster care system with no clear pathway to reunite…
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The Vatican And Financial Reform
On Monday the Vatican released a “note on financial reform” from the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace. I’ll leave it to the economists to debate the merits of this proposal (see pro and con). More interesting to me is the Vatican’s commitment to thinking theologically about the global economic crisis. What does their example…
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Winter in Chicago
These predictions from AccuWeather about this coming winter will evoke different feelings depending on where you live and your disposition towards cold weather. Those of us in Chicago have this to look forward to: Chicago, which endured a monster blizzard last winter, could be one of the hardest-hit cities in terms of both snow and…
David W. Swanson 