Take Action Now. Chuck Collins from the Institute for Policy Studies, Inequality team, calls us to support legislation to raise the federal minimum wage.
Politics & Society
Bullshit Jobs
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In this review of David Graeber’s Bullshit Jobs, Miki Kashtan explains what bullshit jobs are and how they can help us understand “the rightward turn of so many voters around the world.”
Justice for All
Pregnancy as Risk: When Access to Care Really Matters
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MaryAnne Mercer shares a riveting story about the tragic results when mothers-to-be do not have access to quality healthcare and reminds us of the importance to fight for universal care for all.
Global Capitalism
The Sequel: Life After Economic Growth
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Shaun Chamberlin writes about the central dilemma in our globalized world: growth vs. non-growth and the impact on our economy and planet.
Global Capitalism
80 Years Since the Holocaust Began – Can We Stop Fascism Today?
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Martin Winiecki explores how to address the rising fascism in Brazil and around the world.
Global Capitalism
Nazis on the March in Germany
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Tikkun’s Berlin correspondant Victor Grossman reports on the growing neo-Nazi movement in Saxony and Berlin and the factors leading to their rise.
Economy/Poverty/Wealth
Feeding Children, Communities, and Souls
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An intimate portrait of a rural community’s work to undermine the military industrial complex, subvert capitalism, reclaim land, and bond faith communities together.
Economy/Poverty/Wealth
What It’s Like to Be Poor
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Beverly Gologorsky examines the mental and physical impact of poverty on children and adults in the wake of the Great Recession in her new novel, “Every Body Has a Story.”
Arts & Cultural Critique
The War on Neighborhoods
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In his review of Ryan Lugalia-Hollon and Daniel Cooper’s The War on Neighborhoods, Theodore Richards breaks down the false dichotomy between individual and community.
Global Capitalism
What’s Wrong With Western ‘Progress’?: Challenges to Stephen Pinker and Nicholas Kristof
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Charles Eisenstein and Jeremy Lent challenge the mainstream champion of the status quo Stephen Pinker and the NY Times columnist (and human rights advocate) Nicholas Kristof in their willingness to promote a view of the world that cheerily suggests that global capitalism is really doing great, despite all that we know to the contrary.
Economy/Poverty/Wealth
A Conversation with Rev. Barber, chair of the Poor People’s Campaign
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Rabbi Michael Lerner and Cat Zavis in conversation with Poor People’s Campaign co-chair Reverend William Barber on justice, civil disobedience, and inspiring people to moral activism.
Other Voices
A Jewish Approach to the Poor People’s Campaign
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Rabbi Debra Kolodny reflects on the yovel, personal righteousness, and how the Poor People’s Campaign is the embodiment of the obligation to act to empower those who have less.
Other Voices
Lula, servant of the Brazilian people, now jailed (article in English and in Spanish)
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Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva was: “one of the greatest political leaders in our history, who gave Brazil a new direction and brought her into the modern world, particularly benefiting the working class.” Leonardo Boff takes a closer look at Lula’s leadership.
Global Capitalism
Sunday Suspense in Berlin
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Victor Grossman observes: “Only one force is genuinely suited to exposing the lies and redirecting emotions away from attacks on the poorest victims and towards solidarity with them against the truly guilty forces on high. It is the Left.”
Articles
Christian Leaders Speak Out Against the Trump Tax Cuts
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A diverse body of Christian leaders calls on the churches and Congress to focus on the integral connection between racism and poverty and seek the spiritual power to end both.