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Edward J. Curtin Jr: A Luminous Tapestry of Truth

The martyred heroes’ tales recounted in this book are sorely needed now when the survival of our planet is at stake.

November 7, 2025 · 2 Comments

Matthew J. Parker: How Courage, Kindness, and Creative Iconoclasm Can Counter the Tramp of Fascist Feet

I’m alarmed by this new wave of attacks on our institutions.

August 27, 2025 · 2 Comments

Douglas H. White: Facing Trump’s America

Black people in America have often led change in this society because our humanity and our liberties were so long suppressed and denied.

April 21, 2025 · 3 Comments

Michael Simms: Politics as a Spiritual Practice

Those of us who wish to follow a spiritual path cannot ignore the malevolent policies of our government.

June 30, 2024 · 18 Comments

Richard Michelson: Three Poems

Today, I am weary of my soul, forever dragging behind me, 
clanging for attention like tin cans left tied to a coupe fender    
long after the sacred vows.

December 17, 2023 · 4 Comments

Kazu Haga: Why we need to move closer to King’s understanding of nonviolence

When we use nonviolence to confront violence and injustice, we are not disturbing the peace, we are disturbing complacency. We are disturbing the normalization of violence.

February 2, 2020 · Leave a comment

Audio: Martin Luther King — Beyond Vietnam: A Time To Break Silence

Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. – April 4, 1967 – Beyond Vietnam: A Time To Break Silence [Full and unabridged] “Beyond Vietnam: A Time to Break Silence“, also referred as Riverside … Continue reading

April 4, 2019 · Leave a comment

Fran Schor: Spiritual Death/Spiritual Awakening

 “I knew that I could never again raise my voice against the violence of the oppressed in the ghettos without having first spoken clearly to the greatest purveyor of violence … Continue reading

April 4, 2018 · Leave a comment

Lawrence Bush: Where are the Inspiring Speeches Now?

More and more I feel that people of ill will have used time much more effectively than have the people of good will. We will have to repent in this … Continue reading

January 23, 2018 · 1 Comment

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