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  • 8 Nov 2012
    Make ending hunger a priority, Obama administration urged

    US Christian charity Bread for the World is urging its supporters to write to President Obama asking him to make ending hunger a priority.

  • 8 Nov 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.

  • 8 Nov 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.

  • 7 Nov 2012
    Barack Obama wins re-election in US presidential election

    All the major media outlets have now called the United States presidential election for Barack Obama, who has been re-elected for a second term.

  • 7 Nov 2012
    High and diverse turnout in 2012 US presidential poll

    This could be the most diverse United States electorate in history, say analysts of early returns in the hotly contested 2012 presidential election.

  • 5 Nov 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.

  • 2 Nov 2012
    Religion and the US election: BBC Radio Scotland

    With the US presidential election only a matter of days away, BBC Radio Scotland's 'Sunday Morning with Ricky Ross' programme will explore why religion is so important in American political life, and the extent to which religion and belief may impact the outcome of the electoral process.

  • 2 Nov 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.

  • 1 Nov 2012
    Hurricane Sandy causes devastation across the Caribbean and US

    People and communities in Cuba, Jamaica, Haiti, the Bahamas and the United States have been badly hit by Hurricane Sandy since 24 October.

  • 19 Oct 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.