A new series begins on the justice and injustice of laws that define and structure the economic institutions that make for wealth and poverty in the world today.

Amy Sherman's Guide for faith-based ministry leaders offers the help groups need as they try to make sense out of the changes now taking place in the welfare programs of many states.

A Florida recount report says that Bush would have won any way, but more than voting machines need to be fixed. The electoral system needs a more basic reform. 

William Harper and Timothy Sherratt report on their 2001 interviews of various Christian Democratic leaders in Western Europe. The challenge there is how to gain supporters and win office as Christianity declines. Will Christian principles give way to pragmatic flexibility?

Gerald Vandezande, founder and director of Citizens for Public Justice in Canada, is awarded one of his country's highest honors: the Order of Canada.

Ecumenical Christians in Canada and a leader of the Movement for Christian Democracy in England weigh in with some reactions to the American response during the first weeks after September 11.

James Skillen distinquishes a legitimate war response from an internationally cooperative police response to terrorism. He then argues that the goal of both should be the establishment of a legitimate government in Afghanistan and the strengthening of international cooperation to stop terrorism. Finally, he looks more broadly at the wider regional context of Afghanistan and the importance of understanding the religious roots of both Osama bin Laden's terrorism and the American response.