Dispatches from the Workplace: Bishops Lead the Cry to Stop Workplace Raids
Kim Bobo.
Oct 23, 2008
Religious leaders have joined the protest against workplace raids, urging the government to implement a rational and humane approach to immigration reform.
Dispatches from the Election: Around the Moon, Safely
Glenn W. Smith.
Oct 21, 2008
After decades of right-wing religious domination, America faces a moment of truth not unlike the Apollo 8 astronauts faced on their first trip around the moon.
Dispatches from the Beltway: God-Gap Flip-Flop
Robert P. Jones and Daniel Cox.
Oct 15, 2008
A new survey reveals not only that church attenders and youth have swung back into Obama's camp, but that he's perceived as "friendlier" toward religion than McCain.
Dispatches from the Election: How the Values Voter Myth Strengthened the Democrats
Glenn W. Smith.
Oct 14, 2008
McCain's campaign theme of intolerance is being met by Obama's support for the values of tolerance and empathy. For the first time since the Civil Rights Movement there’s a clear battle of morality-based worldviews.
Dispatches from the Borderlands: "They Came at Night, Trying to Kill Us!"
Manuel A. Vásquez.
Oct 7, 2008
The scapegoating of immigrants is a global problem, one that flares up in different countries, depending on local circumstances. We must not imagine that the United States is immune to such violence.
Dispatches from the Election: John McCain, Great White Nope
Glenn W. Smith.
Sep 28, 2008
Friday's historic debate in Mississippi showcased the McCain campaign's election strategy: Talk down to Obama and play to the racist element in the Republican Party.
Dispatches from the Workplace: Eid stirs fury in Shelbyville, Tennessee
Kim Bobo.
Aug 17, 2008
A major union's Labor Day concession to Muslim workers sparks anti-immigrant outrage in a Tennessee town...
Dispatches from the Workplace: Postville: Ground Zero for the Intersection of Immigrant and Workers’ Rights
Kim Bobo.
Aug 6, 2008
A rural town in Iowa is the home of the nation's largest kosher meatpacking plant, a facility that–while already under scrutiny for its poor treatment of workers and animals–was recently the scene of the largest immigration workplace raid in history...
Dispatches from the Workplace: Rabbis for Worker Justice
Kim Bobo.
Jul 17, 2008
A controversial new ruling from an up and coming rabbi in Conservative Judaism charts a course for a greater focus on worker justice. Several of its recommendations coincide with crucial legislation favored by the American labor movement...
Dispatches from the Beltway: The New Public Face of Religion
Robert P. Jones.
Jun 30, 2008
The surprising results of the latest Pew survey on religion in America...
Dispatches from the Workplace: The Big Squeeze
Kim Bobo.
May 27, 2008
Steven Greenhouse's engaging new book exposes the crisis of low-wage work...
Dispatches from the Borderlands: Missing Voices
Daniel Ramirez.
May 21, 2008
Many churches have relied on migrant populations—but they are silent on immigration reform...
Dispatches From the Beltway: Horton Hears Progressive Religion
Robert P. Jones.
May 16, 2008
With the success of We Believe Ohio et al., progressive religious voices are breaking through...
Dispatches from the Cutting Edge of Healing: Surgery and Spirit
Lori Alvord.
May 11, 2008
A surgeon explains how traditional Navajo healing modalities can inform medical practice...
Dispatches from the Beltway: Beyond the Graying and Greening Religious Right
Robert P. Jones.
Mar 31, 2008
Less strident, less partisan, less defensive--the emerging Evangelical center defies the stereotype...
Dispatches from the Workplace: Is that Sharia?
Kim Bobo.
Mar 14, 2008
Islamic investing and worker justice in Indianapolis...
Dispatches From: Inside the Beltway
Robert P. Jones.
Feb 4, 2008
Note to the media: time for a new evangelical script...
