David Beckmann
An Early Thanksgiving
The House of Representatives passed the Build Back Better bill on the morning of November 19. Assuming it will also pass the Senate, this...
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David Beckmann
Nov 4, 20212 min read
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, 20212 min read
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, 20211 min read
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 27, 20213 min read
Bread for the World Now
In this week’s webcast, Eugene Cho talks about Bread for the World, the nation’s largest faith-based advocacy organization on issues...
David Beckmann
Jun 20, 20213 min read
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 13, 20213 min read
The Politics of Global Poverty and a Push to Reduce Child Malnutrition
President Biden has this week launched an international initiative to bring COVID under control all over the world. We know from his...
David Beckmann
Jun 6, 20213 min read
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, 20211 min read
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, 20212 min read
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 23, 20214 min read
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 16, 20213 min read
The Digital Revolution, Religion, and Politics
Eric Sapp’s work with Bread for the World during the 2016 elections taught me about the power of digital technology in the politics of...
David Beckmann
May 9, 20213 min read
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
May 2, 20213 min read
Latino Evangelical Advocacy on Poverty-Related Issues
I’m encouraged by examples of low-income people and people of color becoming more active and influential in U.S. politics. This is a...
David Beckmann
Apr 25, 20213 min read
The Black Church Builds Electoral Power
African Americans turned out to vote in 2020 and tipped the results of the election in several swing states. They now have influence and...
David Beckmann
Apr 18, 20213 min read
Learning from the Biden-Harris Campaign of 2020
The webcast we’re releasing today features Josh Dickson, who was National Faith Engagement Director for the Biden-Harris campaign. Josh...
David Beckmann
Mar 4, 20212 min read
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, 20213 min read
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 read
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 read
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...
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