Culture
Empathetically Explaining Weinstein: A Counter-Intuitive Necessity
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Prison is where Harvey Weinstein should be, because, for one thing, there is zero guarantee that he will stop preying on women.
Politics & Society
On Balfour's 100th Anniversary, Time for a New Definition of Sovereignty, Independence and the Nation-State
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Catalans and Kurds are only the most recent and newsworthy examples of how states established on territories with more than one ethnonational community.
Culture
Embracing the Stranger, Part II: Challenging Ourselves to Love Ourselves
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By reflecting on ourselves inwardly, we can see possibilities for the development of the world we inhabit with others as well.
General News
An Interview with Frankenstein
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All Hallows Eve is the time when the thin silver thread that divides life and death, divides fact from fantasy from flesh, disappears. It is a time when imaginary beings come to life. As I write this, that time is almost over in the Central Time Zone. I worried for a moment that I would not be able to finish my interview with Frankenstein before the dividing line returned. However, Frankenstein, contrary to his persona, is a gentleman in every sense of the word, and he made sure to speak to me before the dividing line re-emerged, and we would not be able to communicate again until next year.
Politics & Society
A Reflection on the Promise and Limits of Compassion: One Year Post Trump
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These questions, and the resulting inner trajectory they sent me on, has me reconsidering what I believe about the promise—and limits—of compassion.
art
Photo Series, Part I: Hadar Cohen
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“There was a lot of discomfort around how people were talking about God, and so I was confused about how I could express that part of myself.”
Environment
Religiously Grounded Pipeline Resistance
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And he also made it clear that he thought the chances of us getting this agreement from the police were between none and the longest of long shots.
Culture
Embracing the Stranger, Part I: Connected in Difference
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If we have a foundation of these communication practices, we have the potential to find commonalities while also honoring differences; we don’t have to have the same experiences or identities in order to work together to make social change.
General News
Questioning Everything
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Questioning Everything
by Madisyn Taylor
Being open-minded means that we are willing to question everything, including those things we take for granted. A lot of people feel threatened if they feel they are being asked to question their cherished beliefs or their perception of reality. Yet questioning is what keeps our minds supple and strong. Simply settling on one way of seeing things and refusing to be open to other possibilities makes the mind rigid and generally creates a restrictive and uncomfortable atmosphere. We all know someone who refuses to budge on one or more issues, and we may have our own sacred cows that could use a little prodding.
Politics & Society
Files Show Extent of US Role in Massacre
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Newly declassified documents reveal the extent of US government knowledge and support of Indonesia’s 1965 anti-Communist massacre. Estimates of the number executed range from between 100,00 to 1,000,000.