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Food into Fuel is Creating a Global Hunger Crisisnew
As oil stocks run dry, a new problem is fast arising that could lead to the world's worst food shortages ever: food used to make biodiesel.
INDY Week |
Patrick O'Neill |
09-18-2008 |
Food+Drink
New Evangelicals Search for Faith, Not Lip Servicenew
The Obama campaign opened its Raleigh headquarters July 22 to much fanfare, but just around the corner the same night, their celebration was outdrawn almost 3-to-1 by Jesus. That's where a "campaign stop" of the Jesus for President book tour was led by evangelical progressives Shane Claiborne and Chris Haw. The new movement represents one of the most exciting shifts among Christian evangelicals.
GLBT Issues Still Divide Moderate Southern Baptistsnew
"There seems to me to be a real incongruency between what they were preaching and what they were practicing," Rev. Nancy Petty said. "No one was asking them to endorse gays and lesbians. All that we were asking was to have a place at the table."
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