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November 9, 2009

Katherine Marshall Blogs: "And the Opus Goes to . . . "

Aicha Ech Channa, a gutsy Moroccan woman, has worked for five decades with young unmarried mothers, who stand at the very bottom of the social heap in her country. Even if their pregnancy resulted from rape, they are condemned as prostitutes and thrown out by their families, and their babies are stigmatized as bastards...

November 9, 2009

Michael Kessler blogs: "Marriage and discrimination"

This week, Keith Bardwell quit his post as Justice of the Peace for the Eighth Ward of Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana. This would hardly be noteworthy except that Bardwell refused to marry couples from different races. Outrageous. But did Maine just sanction discrimination of a different sort?...

November 6, 2009

Interview with Aicha Ech-Channa on Changing Womenâ™s Realities in Morocco

On November 4, the Opus Prize Foundation announced Aicha Ech-Channa the winner of its annual million-dollar faith-based humanitarian award. In this interview, conducted by Katherine Marshall, Ms. Ech-Channa discusses her five decades of work helping unmarried mothers and their children in Morocco.

November 4, 2009

Michael Kessler Blogs: John Brown's disobedience

150 years ago--in October 1859--John Brown led a raid on a U.S. armory in Harper's Ferry, Virginia. He hoped to gather arms and lead an army to fight slaveholders. Instead, he was quickly stopped and hanged for his lawless actions. Is he a hero, a martyr, or a criminal? ...

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July 30, 2026

New American Pilgrimage Project Conversations Explore Lived Faith in Everyday Life

The American Pilgrimage Project has released its latest collection of audio conversations from Laredo, Texas. As the United States reflects on its shared history on its two hundred and fiftieth anniversary, these recordings offer a window into the diverse spiritual landscape that shapes our country today. New conversations will be released over the next month, so stay tuned!

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