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Archive for the Global Issues Category
 Between July 30 and August 3, a reign of terror was released upon villages in the Congo’s eastern mining districts. Some 200 to 400 Rwandan and Congolese rebels raided villages in the North Kivu Province and gang-raped nearly 200 women and children.…
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Tags: advocacy, Africa, aid worker, aid workers, atrocities, Children, conflict, congo, consumption, courage, enemies, fear, Film, Genocide, Global, guerrilla, half the sky, Holocaust, hotel rwanda, injustice, injustices, International, japanese internment camps, julie clawson, justice, Media, minerals, Mothers, Muslim, Nicholas Kristof, opportunity, oppression, perpetrators, Poor, rape, real justice, Rwanda, Sheryl WuDunn, soldier, Terrorism, terrorist, Trade, victim, Women, women around the world, Workers
The stakes in Sudan are high, as there are less than six months until south Sudan is slated to vote on independence. As a new report warns,
If the North-South peace deal in Sudan breaks down over the referenda for the…
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Tags: associate editor, civilians, conflict in sudan, conventional war, Darfur, darfur conflict, Enough Project, government, independence vote, leverage, militia, moral imperative, Sojourners, south sudan, Sudan, Vote, world
The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is a beautiful, lush country, with fertile soil and rich minerals. But it has suffered from an ongoing civil war that is fueled by greed and corruption and inflamed by outside forces that exploit…
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Tags: advocacy, Change, Children, church, church leaders, Community, conflict, corruption, Democrat, democratic republic of congo, drc, Gender, God, government, grassroots movement, husband, hybels, leaders, medical treatment, money, Movement, murder, natural resources, older woman, rape, refugee, refugee camp, relief, servant, sexual violence, Stories, strong woman, UN, Violence, vulnerable women, willow creek community church, Women, world
This hymn can be a helpful one for churches seeking to support the relief efforts in Pakistan.
This hymn was inspired by Matthew 25:31-46, Jesus’ teaching that has been given a variety of titles: “The Judgment of the Nations” (NRSV heading),…
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Tags: abingdon press, amazon, Children, Christ, church, churches, congregations, disaster relief, gulf, Hope, Hunger, hymns, immigrants, Jesus, leadership, lectionary, Lord, Methodist, Migrants, Ministry, Music, neighbor, nrsv, Pakistan, peace and justice, Poor, Prayer, presbyterian church, presbyterian disaster assistance, Race, relief, relief efforts, Sanctuary, serving, sheep, sheep and goats, sojo, Sojourners, target, teaching, Waiting, Worship
The countdown is on to next year’s independence referendum in southern Sudan; if the murderous regime in Khartoum is allowed to sabotage this critical vote, the entire hard-won 2005 north-south peace agreement — into which the Sudanese, global activists, and…
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Tags: associate editor, collapse, conflict in sudan, Darfur, fear, government, Khartoum, khartoum regime, magazine, New York, New York Times, Obama, peace, peace agreement, sojourners magazine, Southern Sudan, state department, Sudan, sudanese, Violence, Vote
 On May 2, 1963, African-American kids all over Birmingham, Alabama heard a D.J. from WENN announce, “Kids, there’s going to be a party at the park. Bring your toothbrushes because lunch will be served.” This was a coded call for…
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Tags: activist, activists, african american kids, African-American, birmingham alabama, blog, call and response, Film, Human Rights, human rights abuses, human trafficking, justin dillon, Movement, Music, seeds of change, social innovators, sojo, Trafficking
Against many odds, I was given the chance to spend six days at the Aspen Ideas Festival this summer. While there I observed three basic orientations toward the country’s current malaise: 1) Things are going very poorly in our country and much…
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Tags: african american men, African-American, alan greenspan, aspen institute, Corporations, Economic, economic crisis, entrepreneur, Families, global poverty, government, History, Immigration, invisible hand, iphone, lido deck, market economy, Poverty, Rediscovering Values, Religion, Republican, Sex Trafficking, Sojourners, swap deal, Taxes, tea party, trust
 Driving today through Port-au-Prince in the glaring summer sun, there is still plenty of rubble being removed. Presumably, almost seven months after the earthquake, bodies are still being discovered. Horrific stories are told, especially about what happens to some vulnerable…
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Tags: blog, border, Change, Children, church, collapse, commitment, Community, Despair, development, Disaster, disaster relief, earth, earthquake, earthquake orphans, earthquake response, Education, Families, haiti, haitians, Hope, Housing, orphan, orphans, parent, partner organizations, partner schools, port au prince, ramp, rubble, scholarship, Schools, Stories, tear fund, temporary housing, tent camps, Video, Women, Work
There is one thing the opponents of the Cordoba Initiative (that plans to build an Islamic cultural center near Ground Zero) have in common with the Cordoba Initiative’s leadership: their clear condemnation and denunciation of terrorism. They are united in…
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Tags: 9/11, America, American, attack, Community, differences between religions, First Amendment, freedoms, ground zero, imam, Islam, Islamic, islamic cultural center, jim wallis, moral compass, muslim leaders, Politics, Religion, Religious, Religious Freedom, religious pluralism, Terrorism, Violence, Worship
Tags: Buddhist, buddhist culture, cambodian court, cambodians, City, communist system, Community, crimes against humanity, History, Human Rights, human rights abuse, interpretation, justice, khmer language, khmer rouge, mother, neighbor, perspectives on justice, phnom penh, pol pot regime, reconciliation, Stories, system, Vietnam War, Violence
Heroes are not made in the warm hallways of cul-de-sac safety. Nor are they made of black and white print from the critic’s air-conditioned desk. They are made on the tragic sidewalks of the world’s lost promise, against the palace…
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Tags: Africa, African, attack, Black, blessed are the peacemakers, blood, bombing, Chicago, Children, Community, conflict, democratic republic of congo, Environment, Families, Family, friendship, Global, Hope, International, invisible children, justice, Labor, leaders, northern congo, northern uganda, peacemakers, Schools, service, terrorist, terrorist bomb, wealth, world
 The World Cup eclipsed our lives in South Africa as we witnessed four weeks of unbelievable soccer and celebration. Instead of basking in the glory of the tournament and reflecting on a way forward, xenophobic violence has once again reared…
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Tags: Africa, celebration, employment, fear, Football, foreigners, glorious celebration, government, Housing, national pride, peacemakers, Poor, soccer, South Africa, studies in theology, Theology, Tutu, unemployment, World Cup, xenophobia, Zimbabwe
 Dear Madonna,
Thank you. Earlier this week, after a month-long sojourn in Malawi, my family arrived home in California with our newly adopted son, Vasco Fitzmaurice Mark David Possley.
His adoption would not have been possible without you and the bold actions you…
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Tags: adoption, Africa, African, AIDS, Bono, california, cathleen falsani, Chicago, Children, chutzpah, compassion, courage, Families, Gospel, human trafficking, husband, injustice, justice, Malawi, Mercy, orphans, queen esther, righteous anger
“With 1.7 million iPhone 4s sold within three days of launch, the only thing Apple’s sorry for is that it couldn’t meet demand,” says PC World’s blog about last weekend’s business success. But what Apple — and Intel, Dell, Nintendo,…
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Tags: apple stores, blood, conflict, congo, iphone, Media, militia, minerals, Movement, pc world, profits, sojo, Sojourners, tantalum, tungsten, War, war in the congo, youtube
When South Africa was selected to host the World Cup, there was much rejoicing and reflection on how far the country had come. From the days of apartheid where human beings were not treated as fully human, the country has…
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Tags: Africa, African, Apartheid, celebration, Children, economic disparity, Global, government, human, Human Rights, human rights group, human rights groups, human trafficking, Labor, oppression, Poverty, racial, reconciliation, sex slaves, sex trade, sexual slavery, Slavery, South Africa, sporting events, Trafficking, Women, Work, World Cup
Mention the word “missionary” to an assortment of people around the world, and you are sure to see quite a range of reactions. For some, it may evoke a 19th-century colonialist with a handlebar mustache and pith helmet hacking through a…
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Tags: allegiances, Asia, Catholic, christian beliefs, christian missionaries, Christians, Community, community identity, conversion, Evangelism, evangelist, freedom, Gospel, government, Hindu, Human Rights, identity, India, inner city, International, missionaries, missionary, missionary activity, missionary methods, oppression, Poor, prejudice, Religion, Religious, religious conversions, Religious Freedom, Repentance, sensitive, serving, slum, solidarity, South Asia, swami dayananda saraswati, testimonies, tolerance, Work
The New York Times reports, “Under intense international pressure after its commandos killed nine activists aboard an aid flotilla trying to breach its blockade of Gaza last month, Israel on Thursday announced what it called ‘adjustments’ in its policy, promising to…
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Tags: activist, activists, blockade, freedom, freedom flotilla, Gaza, Israel, Israeli, israelis, Middle East, nathan schneider, naval blockade, New York Times, Nonviolence, Palestinians, peace, Violence
Tags: America, Barack, Barack Obama, birth, Children, church, citizenship, constitution, Families, first lady, government, Housing, human, ICE, illegal immigrant, illegal immigrants, Immigrant, Immigration, immigration crackdown, immigration policy, income taxes, innocence, latina, Latino, Medicaid, Medicare, michelle obama, papers, Politics, public debate, public housing, Religion, social security, stranger, undocumented, undocumented immigrant, undocumented immigrants, undocumented worker, undocumented workers, Welfare, Workers
Since independence 47 years ago, Uganda has not experienced peace. Civil wars, coups, military regimes, you name it. People are getting fed up. We are tired of this, and we want a new regime.
There is a growing conviction that the…
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More than 10,000 farmers marched in Haiti last Friday, opposing a $4 million donation of hybrid seeds from the Monsanto Corporation that are being shipped with the support of the Haitian government and under the auspices of USAID. Small farmers…
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Tags: agricultural system, agriculture, aid, Debt, donation, family agriculture, Farmers, government, haiti, haitian government, Indigenous, indigenous varieties, jean baptiste, march, monsanto, monsanto corporation, Native, papay, rally, subsistence
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