David Beckmann
Give money to Democrats - for God's sake
I’ve worked in a bipartisan way all my life. But Trumpism now dominates the Republican Party, and congressional Republicans have...
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David Beckmann
- Feb 21
- 2 min
A New Community
I was recently appointed Dean’s Advisor for Political and Economic Justice at Virginia Theological Seminary. This is a three-year...
David Beckmann
- Nov 4, 2021
- 2 min
Seven Effective Ways to Connect Faith to the Politics of Poverty
The Poverty, God, Politics videos that I’m releasing this fall focus on effective ways to connect faith to the politics of poverty. They...
David Beckmann
- Oct 8, 2021
- 2 min
A Personal Update
Big things are happening now in our nation and for me personally. Congress is negotiating a transformational recovery package, including...
David Beckmann
- Jul 4, 2021
- 1 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
- Jun 20, 2021
- 3 min
Church Work Matters
The Catholic bishops this week took a step toward denying communion to President Biden. John Carr’s insightful, 32-minute discussion of...
David Beckmann
- Jun 6, 2021
- 3 min
The Strengths of Ecumenical Protestants
My experience as president of Bread for the World convinced me that faith-based legislative advocacy works. Bread and its members win...
David Beckmann
- Jun 2, 2021
- 1 min
Asking Young People to Help us Build Back Better
What an honor to receive an honorary doctorate from the College of the Holy Cross. My brief remarks encouraged the students and their...
David Beckmann
- May 30, 2021
- 2 min
Faith-Based Organizing and Low-Income People Speaking Up for Themselves
Long-term polling data indicates that political participation among low-income and less educated voters has been consistently low for...
David Beckmann
- May 26, 2021
- 1 min
Build Back Better - Through the Eyes of Faith
How familiar are you with President Biden’s economic recovery proposals? Have you thought through the big economic decisions our nation’s...
David Beckmann
- May 23, 2021
- 4 min
How Can It Be That Most White Christians - and 80% of White Evangelicals - Voted for Trump?
Galen Carey, Vice President of the National Association of Evangelicals, explains the Evangelical movement, its ministries among people...
David Beckmann
- May 9, 2021
- 3 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 11, 2021
- 2 min
Poverty, God, Politics Webcast Series
Our nation and world are still suffering the pandemic, our nation’s politics are still broken, and most white Christians would vote again...
David Beckmann
- Mar 4, 2021
- 2 min
What I'm Doing and Learning
This is an unusually personal post. Eight months after retiring from Bread for the World, I’m now teaching in Berkeley and, at the same...
David Beckmann
- Feb 11, 2021
- 3 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
- Jan 3, 2021
- 3 min
Advocacy and Prayer in Trump's Last Days
Donald Trump consistently does what’s in his self-interest. We’ve come to know him and must expect that he will do everything he can to...
David Beckmann
- Dec 10, 2020
- 3 min
One Win and Two Challenges
The nation is exhausted by COVID and now more deeply divided by President Trump’s shameless challenge to the election results. But in the...
David Beckmann
- Dec 1, 2020
- 3 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
- Nov 13, 2020
- 3 min
Pray for President Elect Biden
I am grateful for the leadership of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) in the early days of this dangerous post-election...
David Beckmann
- Oct 26, 2020
- 3 min
Three Biblical Reasons to Support Biden and the Democrats in this Election
For many years I worked in a bipartisan way to pass legislation to reduce hunger. But I’m no longer the primary spokesperson for Bread...