Pope Francis: Two Prayers on Climate Change
I propose that we offer two prayers. The first we can share with all who believe in a God who is the all-powerful Creator, while in the other we Christians … Continue reading
Tom Engelhardt: Dystopian Donald
The Future According to Trump Can you doubt that we’re in a dystopian age, even if we’re still four weeks from Donald Trump entering the Oval Office? Never in our … Continue reading
John Samuel Tieman: All I Want For Christmas Is –
A society that respects all races and religions; A culture that honors its LGBTQ community; A woman’s right to choose what happens to her body; A near total ban on … Continue reading
Daniel R. Cobb: Donald Trump and Nuclear Weapons Don’t Mix
A Trump Presidency is a Clear and Present Danger Donald Trump is not mentally well. We’ve witnessed him for years now, exhibiting behaviors that are much more child-like than adult. … Continue reading
Daniel R. Cobb: The Megalomaniac, The Tyrant, and Republican Treason
Before the fall of the Soviet Union, Vladimir Putin served in the KGB for 17 years, rising to lieutenant colonel, and later became the director of Russia’s Federal Security … Continue reading
Priscilla McCelvey: My Manifesto for Global Citizenship
When I was younger, I kept scraps of the poems of ee cummings and T.S. Eliot in my pockets; I would find lines like “sunset)edges become swiftly”[1] deep within my … Continue reading
Video: Patti Smith sings A Hard Rain’s A-Gonna Fall” at the 2016 Nobel Prize ceremony
. A Hard Rain’s A-Gonna Fall Oh, where have you been, my blue-eyed son And where have you been, my darling young one I’ve stumbled on the side of twelve … Continue reading
Video: Laura Nyro sings “Save the Country”
. Come on, people, come on, children Come on down to the glory river. Gonna wash you up and wash you down, Gonna lay the devil down, gonna lay that … Continue reading
W.J. Astore: The Trump Cabinet of Billionaires and Generals
There’s an obvious trend in Trump’s cabinet picks: billionaires and generals. The billionaires favor private enterprise, capitalism unconstrained by regulations (especially those pesky environmental ones), and a view of the … Continue reading
Jean Vanier: On Love and Community
I am struck by how sharing our weakness and difficulties is more nourishing to others than sharing our qualities and successes. — Many people are good at talking about what … Continue reading
Michael Moore: Call to Action — Disrupt Trump’s Inauguration
Call for a bold mobilization against the inauguration of Donald Trump on January 20, 2017: On Friday, January 20, 2017, Donald Trump will be inaugurated as President of the United … Continue reading
Video: “We beg for your forgiveness,” Veterans say to Native Elders
. What a sight. The extraordinary coming together of Natives and veterans at Standing Rock culminated with a deeply moving forgiveness ceremony where vets sought atonement for U.S. military aggression … Continue reading
American Psychological Association: Apology to the Native People of America
Full Apology to the Native American, Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian People, from Psychoanalysis for Social Responsibility, Section 9 of Division 39, the Division of Psychoanalysis, American Psychological Association The … Continue reading
Jon Eagle, Sr: Veterans at Standing Rock Beg Forgiveness for War Crimes against Tribal Nations
I witnessed something powerful and profound today. Wes Clark Jr and the assembled veterans took a knee and collectively asked for forgiveness for the genocide and war crimes committed by … Continue reading
