How do these global crises invite us to explore a fuller range of who we are?
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Apart and Together (part seven)
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As many parents bring their work home, we are invited to explore how this particular challenge of quarantine-lifestyle affect our families. How are our children impacted?
When Liars, Hypocrites, Thieves, and Cheats Rule
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In this essay, Valerie Elverton Dixon says that to call President Trump and senate Republicans liars, hypocrites, thieves, and cheats is not a judgment, rather it is a description. She reminds us of the wisdom of Proverbs that says when the wicked rule the people groan.
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Dystopian Plagues, Pandemic Fears, and Fascist Politics in the Age of Trump
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A strategy for the coming years that can help people develop the inner strength to move beyond what the capitalist marketplace has taught us is “realistic” and embrace an alternative vision of the world we actually want.
I Dissent
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In this homage to the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Valerie Elverton Dixon says that blind justice is not justice at all and we each have a responsibility to dissent when we see injustice.
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Choosing Life in Learning and Living the Torah of the Pandemic
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Learning the Torah of the pandemic and living to help promote the greater good.
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A New Clock for a New Year
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Our planet has a deadline. But we can turn it into a lifeline.
Dear Generation Z
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In this letter to Generation Z, Valerie Elverton Dixon remembers the actress Diana Rigg and encourages a new generation of voters to vote from a place or love and duty in order to find grace within themselves.
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Swimming on the Right Side of History
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Adapting to COVID restrictions led to some unexpected upsides—from the bay to the streets— for a 64-year-old woman with multiple autoimmune diseases.
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An Inalienable Right
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Valerie Elverton Dixon argues that a “fundamental self-evident truth is human beings have an inalienable right to have power over their own bodies. Human beings have a right to be respected and secure in their persons.”
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Apart and Together (part six)
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We have created a machine that we’ve been told cannot stop. It did. We have been told that we need all that we consume, and ever more. We don’t.
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America’s Unholy Crusade Against China
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Secretary Pompeo’s crusade could bring the world to the brink of a war that he expects and perhaps even seeks.
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Rabbi Dr. Alon Goshen-Gottstein Interview with Tikkun Magazine
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Tikkun explores some dimensions of this project, dubbed “Coronaspection” with Rabbi Goshen-Gottstein.
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In Honor of C.T. Vivian and John Lewis
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The ethics of Maat requires human beings to live lives dedicated to truth, justice, and righteousness. In this essay, Valerie Elverton Dixon shows how C.T. Vivian and John Lewis lived lives of Maat.