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  • November 8, 2012
    Economy, shifting values and demographics drove Obama victory

    The Public Religion Research Institute, which looks at religion, values and public life, will be releasing a new report in the aftermath of the US presidential election.

  • November 8, 2012
    Obama asked to shut Guantanamo and restore human rights record

    Amnesty International USA will be urging second-term President Barack Obama to finally close the Guantanamo Bay detention centre.

  • November 6, 2012
    IRS asked to investigate US Catholic bishops' anti-Obama bias

    A watchdog group has asked the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to investigate the US Conference of Catholic Bishops for political violations.

  • November 6, 2012
    GOP accused of using religion as last ditch anti-Obama scare tactic

    As polls indicate that the tight US presidential race is heading Barack Obama's way, the Republican Party is being accused of using religious scare tactics.

  • November 5, 2012
    US election 2012: principle, compromise, rebellion and Jill Stein

    “To go into the voting booth and vote for either Wall-Street-backed candidate, that is the definition of throwing away your vote.” So claims Jill Stein, the US Green Party’s candidate for the presidential election on 6 November 2012.

  • November 2, 2012
    Consistency, hypocrisy and the US presidential election

    Most people in America, whether they are religious or not, prefer consistency in the faith community to hypocrisy, says Jim Wallis. One of the reasons the fastest growing demographic in religious affiliation surveys is now “none of the above” is that too many people see more religious hypocrisy than consistency. In this reflection, the CEO of of Sojourners in the USA argues that evangelicals, in particular, are apt to get their values in a muddle in the political arena, not least by ignoring or sidelining the huge biblical emphasis on concern for the poor and vulnerable as a criterion for looking at the impact of human endeavour.

  • October 23, 2012
    US survey exposes simplistic evaluations of 'values voters'

    The new PRRI report details how Catholic and unaffiliated Americans are responding to US presidential debates over issues like taxes and social programmes.

  • October 19, 2012
    Missing issues from the US presidential debate

    US presidential candidates Barack Obama and Mitt Romney tackled some important issues - including jobs, immigration, energy, and pay equity for women - in their recent TV debate. But they missed a whole lot more, says the progressive evangelical 'Sojourners' magazine and movement.

  • October 3, 2012
    Protesters ask Obama for protection from drones

    The legal charity, Reprieve, has asked Barack Obama for a guarantee that an international protest march through North West Pakistan will not be hit by CIA drones.

  • September 2, 2012
    Obama and Romney's religious stances in the spotlight

    Barack Obama, says it's not his job to defend his Christian faith against doubters who suspect he's Muslim. Mitt Romney says his Mormonism is "integral".