Unity that is dictated by the powerful is not unity. Unity at the cost of the poor and the oppressed, at the cost of the integrity of the gospel, is not unity. – Alan Boesak + Sign up to receive our quote of the day via e-mail

The most recent challenge to Bush’s Faith-Based and Community Initiatives was rejected by the Supreme Court (5-4) this week, not on the basis of merit, but on the basis that the Freedom from Religion Foundation didn’t have standing to sue the Bush Administration to halt the expenditures of the Office of Faith-Based Initiatives. For those…

Sadly, the Senate Immigration Bill failed a cloture vote yesterday morning (46/53—it needed 60 votes) and is now dead. This means the House will not be taking up the legislation and it isn’t likely to come back until at least 2009. There is still much work to be done—holding our policymakers accountable for their lack…

I want to introduce you to someone. His name is Gordon Brown, and he just became Britain’s new Prime Minister. You have probably been hearing and reading the news about the transition from Tony Blair to Brown. Among other things, Brown is a voracious reader, and reads many American books about politics, including those that…

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