David Beckmann
It's Still Possible to End Hunger
The World Food Program says that the number of people suffering acute food insecurity has jumped to 345 million, with 49 million...
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David Beckmann
Mar 12, 20222 min
Congress Agrees on Appropriations Legislation
It’s good news that Congress this week approved appropriations legislation for the current fiscal year. The budget and appropriations...
David Beckmann
Jul 29, 20212 min
Support the Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill
These 17 Republican senators and all the Democratic senators voted together last night to begin debate on the bipartisan infrastructure...
David Beckmann
Jul 4, 20211 min
What I've Learned From This Experience
From the Sunday after Easter to the 4th of July, I’ve published the Poverty, God, Politics series of webcasts and companion blog posts....
David Beckmann
May 9, 20213 min
A Data-Based Picture of Religion and Politics
This week’s webcast features Henry Brady, one of the nation’s foremost political scientists and dean of the Goldman School of Public...
David Beckmann
Apr 5, 20213 min
The American Jobs Act
President Biden’s first big piece of legislation, the American Rescue Plan, is already delivering very substantial help to low-income...
David Beckmann
Feb 11, 20213 min
Biden and Economic Opportunity for All
U.S. policies have shifted more to the benefit of poor and near-poor people in President Biden’s first month than in any month in the...
David Beckmann
Dec 1, 20203 min
Teaching in Berkeley Next Term
I’m excited to share that I’ve been appointed a Joint Fellow by Berkeley’s Goldman School of Public Policy and the Church Divinity School...
David Beckmann
Oct 21, 20202 min
CrisisIbility and the Path to a Better World
My friend Devry Boughner Vorwerk focuses her new podcast on my “new venture” to connect politics, spirituality, and social justice. I...
David Beckmann
Oct 5, 20202 min
Biden’s Anti-Poverty Strategy
Vice President Biden has charted a course to put us on track toward ending poverty in America. A diverse array of church leaders have...
Rev. David Beckmann
Aug 14, 20204 min
I Fervently Support Joe Biden for President
For the last 30 years, I have worked with administrations, members of Congress, and citizens in both parties to secure help and...
Rev. David Beckmann
Aug 1, 20204 min
We Cannot Give Up
“You cannot give up, and you cannot give in.” So said Congressman John Lewis, whose lifetime of prayerful struggle for racial equality we...
Rev. David Beckmann
Jul 17, 20204 min
An Opportunity to Make A Grim Situation Better
We each need to contact our three members of Congress in the next few days. The pandemic has increased hunger in our country and the...
Rev. David Beckmann
Jul 1, 20203 min
Looking Back, Looking Forward
Today is my first day after retiring from nearly three decades as the president of Bread for the World. My heart is awash in gratitude....
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