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.
Emancipatory Spirituality
The Spiritual Challenge of AI, Trans-Humanism, and the Post-Human World
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Kabir Helminski writes about the need for human spiritual development in our increasingly technological age.
Emancipatory Spirituality
Thomas Merton, America Has Need of You
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According to John Smelcer, America needs more people like Thomas Merton who realize that protest is essential to democracy.
Activism
Love Knows No Borders
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Cat Zavis reports on a recent interfaith action at the U.S.-Mexico border to demand respect for the human right to migrate and seek asylum, an end to the militarization of border communities, and an end to immigrant detention and deportation and the defunding of ICE and Border Patrol.
33.4 Fall
Violence, Morality and Religion
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In an attempt to prevent violence, we have created institutions, namely, morality and religion––but, paradoxically enough, the most deadly violence has always been done in the name of these institutions. In this article, James Gilligan and James Vrettos ask why this is and what we can do about it.
Culture
How to be More Effective at a Thanksgiving Gathering This Year
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Tips from Rabbi Lerner on how to make your Thanksgiving more meaningful and effective.
Politics & Society
Democrats Likely to Appoint a Militarist Chair of Foreign Affairs Committee
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Stephen Zunes urges readers to tell the Democratic Party leadership to not give Engel the chairmanship of the Foreign Affairs Committee.
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.
Politics & Society
The Boy Who Taught Me About War and Peace
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Ariel Dorfman reflects on war and peace – “. . . peace is a daily task, that must be carried out not by heroic, exceptional beings, but by every concerned parent and every vulnerable child.”
US Politics
Can You See Me?
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CJ Rosenblatt writes about her interactions with a homeless Seattle woman: “While I was trying to save her, it was Liz who saved me from my growing cynicism and fear.”
US Politics
Kill LGBTQ People, Jews, & Black People to Win Big at These Video “Games”
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A horrifying report by Warren J. Blumenfeld on right wing extremist video game ‘fun’ that endangers Jews, Blacks, and LBGTQ people.
Arts & Cultural Critique
Analog Body in a Digital World: What Have You Got to Lose?
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Lisa Martinovic explores the frightening long-term neurological consequences of digital devices on our bodies.
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.
Politics & Society
Trump and the Ghosts of the Past in Fascist America
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In reexamining the history of fascism in the U.S. and elsewhere, Henry Giroux writes that “Trump is the endpoint of a malady that has been growing for decades.”
Politics & Society
Saint Oscar Romero: “Cease the Repression”
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Saint Oscar Romero’s plea to “Stop the repression!” is especially relevant today as thousands of men, women, and children seek refuge from Honduras.