Sojourners, the largest network of progressive Christians in the United States, has spent most of March at odds with Glenn Beck, a Fox News network television host who urged Christians to leave churches that mention or support social justice. Sojourners, whose mission is to articulate the biblical call to social justice, responded by inviting Christians to instead leave Glenn Beck. Sheldon Good, a Goshen College 2009 alumnus, has been on the front lines of the debate as the communication and media assistant this year for Sojourners in Washington, D.C. Rev. Jim Wallis, president of Sojourners, responded to Beck’s statement against...

By Laura Schlabach • April 8, 2010 • News

  For Adam Rice, doing his part to improve working conditions for under-paid laborers in sweatshops is as straightforward as crossing the street. Rice is completing the field project required for his sociology major by interning with SweatFree Communities, an independent, non-profit organization that works to create a network of anti-sweatshop campaigns across the country. The organization’s Midwest office is located on Main St. across from Goshen College. Vicki Kaplan, the Midwest regional organizer for SweatFree Communities, explained that the program works with city and state governments to adopt “sweatfree” purchasing policies to reroute tax dollars from subsidizing sweatshops and...

By Anna Ruth • March 11, 2009 • Features