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Every Child a Soldier?
When public high schools opened their doors last fall, military recruiters lined up to get personal student data.
Reggae to Rachmaninoff
For too long civic participation in the arts has been viewed as the domain of the wealthy, but a new study by the Urban Institute suggests otherwise.
Real Product: Got the Cube?
EvangeCube slaps the entire mystery of salvation on a Rubik-style cube, enabling instant conversions in friends, family, and neighbors. Flip one way and you'll see our fall from grace.
Wonder-Working Power
In January, Maine Interfaith Power and Light—an electricity-purchasing group rooted in the faith community—announced the availability of two green electricity options for homeowners in Maine.
Best Practices: Ambassadors of Art
For years activists have called attention to the plight of the Palestinians through protests, teach-ins, and seminars.
Eastern University: The City as Text
News Bites
Healing Hope. Family members of Sept. 11 victims traveled on a peace mission to Iraq in January.
First Martyr Mourned
George Weber, 73, of Chesley, Ontario, was killed in a motor accident on January 6 while traveling with a Christian Peacemaker Team delegation north of Basrah, Iraq.
Resources: Building Supplies
Still confused about the rules governing political activity by religious organizations?
Best Practices: Changing Clothes
No Sweat apparel has a strict dress code: union-made only.
News Bites
Saints' Daze. A few days before Christmas, Pope John Paul II beatified Mother Teresa, elevating her to the rank just below sainthood.
Are You a Terrorist, Too?
Sister Antonia Anthony is a 74-year-old Franciscan nun who raises funds for the poor of southern Mexico.
Exorcise That!
Last November, 12 clergy in full regalia—accompanied by acolytes with candles, crosses, holy water, and faith—processed to the federal building in Portland, Oregon...
Demolition Democracy
Recently the Associated Press identified some of the fundamental changes to Americans' legal rights by the Bush administration through the USA Patriot Act and the Office of Homeland Security:
Hyperventilating for the Lord
Critics who insist the church is full of hot air finally have their proof: British entrepreneur Mike Gill has introduced the world's first (and hopefully last) inflatable church.
Corporations That Need A Clean-Up
Last year corporations took it on the chin when it came to financial scandal.
The Little Train That Wouldn't
To protest Prime Minister Tony Blair's threat to attack Iraq, two U.K. train drivers refused in January to move a freight train carrying ammunition
Who Answers at 2-1-1?
Who do you call when the marshals have tossed all your belongings on the sidewalk and you need a place to spend the night?