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Robert Cording: Pilgrims

a girl
dancing topless on a table
at the West End bar
more than fifty years ago,
and Richie Havens singing Freedom,
Freedom, Freedom from a jukebox,
everyone clapping their hands

February 18, 2025 · 15 Comments

Abriel Louise Young: Calling on Friends Across the Veil to Help Us Change History

What is the deepest loss that you have suffered? Have you succeeded in changing yourself to wine? If so, please report back.

October 7, 2024 · 5 Comments

Mike Vargo: Going Big | Personal Identity and Higher Causes

I was not expecting to walk into a dogfight that morning. The time was shortly before noon on a clear, crisp Sunday in November. I had come to the Goodwill … Continue reading

April 9, 2022 · 2 Comments

Nick Engelfried: Why activism needs to be part of any meaningful climate education

‘Simply teaching kids about the science of the climate crisis, without giving them a way to engage, can do more harm than good, because it’s so disempowering and overwhelming.’

November 3, 2021 · 11 Comments

Video: Charlie Chaplin’s Message to Humanity

One of the most inspirational speeches in recorded history was made by Charlie Chaplin in the movie “The Great Dictator”.

July 28, 2014 · 1 Comment

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