Let’s talk about the issue tearing the American church and country apart. D. A. Horton joined global media manager Morgan Lee and senior news editor Kate Shellnutt of The Christian Century to discuss what critical race theory is, why it unnerves some Christians, and what can be done to help Christians stop talking past each other when it comes to addressing the reality of racial injustice.

Fifty-three faith leaders from a diversity of faith traditions in Arizona sent a letter to their Senators urging them to include a path to citizenship through budget reconciliation.

A new poll from AARP found nine in 10 Arizona voters age 50 and older want to be able to ~ when possible ~ choose to receive long-term care services at home. AARP Arizona State Director Dana Kennedy said the state's current system tends to favor subpar nursing homes over home-based care.

Many evictions in the U.S. are on hold for at least one more month. The Center for Disease Control and Prevention's ban on some types of rental evictions had been set to expire this week, but it has now been extended through July.

To catch us up on what that means in Arizona, The Show spoke with KJZZ’s Katherine Davis-Young.

“This is one of the largest expansions of an anti-poverty program we’ve probably ever seen,” said Elyssa Schmier, vice president of government relations and national budget at the advocacy organization MomsRising. “It will likely cut poverty in half over the next year, childhood poverty in particular.”

Calling this a “tax credit expansion” makes it seem less momentous than it is. It’s really a one-year test of an idea known as a child allowance, a policy that has been adopted in most rich countries besides the United States.

Cindy McCain, who has long used her voice for humanitarian causes worldwide, is President Joe Biden’s pick as the U.S. representative to the United Nations Rome-based Agencies for Food and Agriculture, where she would help combat global hunger.

Advocacy Summer School will be presented by ELCA advocacy staff in collaboration with ELCA Peace Not Walls. Five skill-building and issue-informing, 30-minute virtual sessions are planned to being on Wednesday, August 11, followed by an optional 15-minute Q & A.

Roughly 10% of renters over age 65 are behind on their rent, according to a recent analysis by the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities. That means some 800,000 older people may be at risk of having to leave their homes when the national eviction moratorium expires on [July 31].

Did you get a letter in the mail about Child Tax Credits from the IRS? Ryan Cummings of ELCA World Hunger did. This podcast will deepen your appreciation of #ChildTaxCredits (CTCs) as he and John Johnson of ELCA Advocacy dive into what CTCs can mean in the lives of families, especially those struggling with hunger ~ and why making CTCs permanent can have a huge, positive impact.

“Criticism of this effort, for which the stakes are obviously enormous, is generally centered on the idea that it is about “transparency,” that only those who are worried about what might be uncovered are actually opposed to what's happening.”

“Juneteenth is not just a commemoration of an event that happened 150 years ago. It is a call to pay attention to those places where people are still not free and to join in this groundswell of a movement to make the freedom that the forefathers envisioned real for every person and for every group that still lives with and feels the sting of discrimination.”

Phoenix area evictions didn’t stop during the pandemic. Here’s why.

Governor Doug Ducey has proclaimed June 9, 2021 as Be Connected: Faith Network Day to recognize over 500,000 Arizona service members and veterans, and highlight the role that faith-based communities can play in engaging and promoting opportunities and services to support these highly regarded members in communities statewide.

As one of the Grand Canyon Synod’s Global Engagement initiatives, this new ministry “table” brings together lay people across the synod who are interested in hunger issues within their communities.

David C. Cook, a lone Republican lawmaker, united with House Democrats Monday to quash at least part of a proposal to sharply cut taxes for the wealthiest Arizonans.

A bid by GOP Arizona House leaders to pass the state budget has fallen flat after Rep. David Cook joined Democrats in opposing the measure.

“We need the Equality Act to protect real, everyday people in every state from outbursts of violence, discrimination and harm, as the first use of the law is intended to do (The Purposes of the Law in Luther’s Small Catechism, With Explanation).”