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  • 25 Jul 2008
    The perils of nuclear diplomacy

    The prospect of war over Iran's nuclear plans seemed to recede in mid-July 2008 after a marked change in United States attitudes to the country. But what is really going on?

  • 24 Jul 2008
    Obama pitches for a global presidency in Berlin speech

    US Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama is today making an unprecedented campaign pitch in Berlin, Germany, and has drawn an enthusiastic crowd of 100,000. But how will this go down in the USA?

  • 21 Jul 2008
    The mortgage collapse and the poor

    The threatened mortgage guarantee market in the US betokens an economic crisis, says Philip Blond. But the real tragedy - often overlooked - is the betrayal of Fannie Mae's original mission to house the poor.

  • 15 Jul 2008
    US faith leaders call for action to tackle domestic poverty

    Faith leaders in the world's riches nation have told a hearing that it is time to stop the "poverty train" in the United States of America and rescue its 37 million citizens who are still living below the poverty line.

  • 14 Jul 2008
    Leading nun says nonviolence must be restored to the core of faith

    Women of faith have a special calling to restore religion’s principles of nonviolence in a conflicted world, Sister Joan Chittister has told more than 2,000 women at a gathering in the USA.

  • 30 Jun 2008
    The other side of US religion and politics

    We hear a lot about the 'religious right' in the USA. But what about religious opinion of the centre and left?

  • 26 Jun 2008
    Idolatry, the American way?

    Have many American Christians forgotten the distinction between discipleship and partisanship, asks Martin E. marty, looking at some authors who unpack the complex relationship between Christian faith and political reality.

  • 25 Jun 2008
    US religious right goes on the attack against Barack Obama

    A key figure on the US religious right, which is anxious that its political grip on the large evangelical constituency in America is waning, has launched an attack on Senator Barack Obama and his Christian credentials.

  • 5 Jun 2008
    Philippines advocates and churches call on US to end extra-judicial killings

    Church-backed Philippine human rights activists have reiterated their call on the UN Human Rights Council to "keep pursuing our government to stop the extra-judicial killings and other human rights violations".

  • 15 May 2008
    Methodist decision on Bush Library to be challenged again

    With the area conferences of the United Methodist Church preparing to meet in July, South Central Jurisdiction is expected to address the controversial 2007 decision to lease property for a George W. Bush institute.