• Obama and King

  Religion

  Adele Oltman: As Obama accepts his party's presidential nomination on the forty-fifth anniversary of King's most famous speech, a historian looks beyond the obvious analogies.

• When Pastors Go Postal

  Religion

  Barbara Ehrenreich: The case against Victoria Osteen embodies the narcissism of those who preach the Gospel of prosperity.

• Flocking to Faith

  Religion

  Katha Pollitt: Obama's incredible faith-based initiative.

• Who's Afraid of Judy Maccabee?

  Religion

  Katha Pollitt: Women increasingly are taking leadership roles in Jewish life--and that's a problem?

• Dorothy Day's Day

  Religion

  Colman McCarthy: The movement she inspired--passionate, pacifist and siding with the scorned--is seventy-five and going strong.

• Preaching to the Choir

  Religion

  Max Blumenthal: With little to lose and everything to gain, Obama has lifted high the cross. But are there invisible strings attached?

• Warriors for Zion--in California

  Religion

  Jon Wiener: Accusations by right-wing Zionists of anti-Semitism at the University of California, Irvine, are suspect at best.

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• Wal-Mart: Political Bully

  Labor

  American News Project : Wal-Mart is telling its employees to vote Republican. Isn't that illegal?

• Are Evangelicals Going Green?

  Global Warming & Climate Change

  American News Project : How solidly Republican will Christian evangelicals be in 2008? Could concern about the planet be the issue that draws many believers into the Democratic camp?