Analysis
Liberation theology: from Iowa to Mexico and back
February 10, 2006Our delegation of 12 Iowa Lutherans traveled to Mexico last fall for a weeklong program inspired by the Christian liberation theology movement in Central America. The program, sponsored by the Lutheran Center in Mexico City, caused...
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LGBT rights on the nations agenda
February 10, 2006While support for the lesbian-gay-bisexual-transgender (LGBT) community has grown over the last two decades, many lawmakers are still stuck in the past. Fortunately though, LGBT rights organizations and supporters, in coalition with unions and people of...
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Smothering the King legacy
February 10, 2006Hours after Coretta Scott King died, President Bush led off the State of the Union address by praising her as “a beloved, graceful, courageous woman who called America to its founding ideals and carried on a...
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Nixzmary Browns tragic death
February 10, 2006When 7-year-old Nixzmary Brown was killed in Brooklyn, N.Y., on the 11th of January, it was certainly a tragedy waiting to happen. It was also certain that some of the workers involved in the case would...
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Letters
February 10, 2006Threats to democracy The following letter was submitted to the Arizona Daily Star and the People’s Weekly World. Michael Greco, president of the American Bar Association, was spot on to express his concern about the systemic...
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