General News

“Get Out”: the Hidden Injuries of Race and the Horror Genre

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“Get Out” has turned “Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner” on its head, and stands as an incisive critique of white liberalism, revealing that its empathy goes only as far as white control of the system will allow. Beyond that limit white liberalism is shown to be as tainted by racism as overt white supremacism. In an interview for the New York Times, Peele says, “The liberal elite who communicates that we’re not racist in any way is as much of the problem as anything else.

General News

The Cost of Crazy

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If Donald Trump was not bound by the limitations of his own ego and by alternative facts, if he was not obsessed with seeing crowds of people that do not exist or insisting that two to three million people voted illegally in a desperate attempt to avoid the reality that he did not win the popular vote, if he was truly the deal maker that he claims he is and not just someone who played one on television, the country could solve some big problems and move forward. Instead, we are where we are with a president who is not only stuck on stupid, but on crazy and very possibly beholden to a foreign government. Imagine if Trump had admitted in his inaugural address he did not win the popular vote. Imagine if he said that his mission was to unify a divided country and that he was willing to work with Democrats to solve the nation’s problems. Where would we be now? Remember, coming into office, Trump owed the Republican establishment nothing.

General News

A Modest Proposal

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We know that President Donald Trump says he has the safety of the America people in mind when he imposes travel bans from first seven then six predominantly Muslim countries. Both bans have been held up by the federal courts. Let us presume that Trump is serious about the safety of the American people. Thus, I offer this modest proposal. Write an executive order and support legislation in Congress that would prohibit men from buying a gun until they are at least 65-years-old.

General News

Martin Luther King + 50: Toward a Year of Truth and Transformation

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“I am convinced that if we are to get on the right side of the world revolution, we as a nation must undergo a radical revolution of values. We must rapidly begin the shift from a “thing-oriented” society to a “person-oriented” society. When machines and computers, profit motives and property rights are considered more important than people, the giant triplets of racism, materialism, and militarism are incapable of being conquered … We are confronted by the fierce urgency of Now.” –Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

General News

Humor From Tikkun

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“Nancy Pelosi is a bad, or sick, woman for opposing our offer of health care coverage to most younger, healthier and higher-earning Americans. Such a nasty woman—a terrible, low-energy leader.”

Immigration

Asleep in a Prison: Reflections on Pacific School of Religion’s "Borders and Identity" Lectures

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When it comes to immigration, America has confined itself in a prison. Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and undocumented immigrant Jose Antonio Vargas gave the keynote lecture the evening of March 17th. He is the founder and CEO of Define American, a nonprofit organization dedicated to sharing the stories of immigrants in order to elevate the conversation around immigration.

War & Peace

Armenian Genocide—time for acknowledgement and healing

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Nothing can justify the methodical actions, such as the mass deportations, that were taken against the Armenians as a group; not even a threat of civil war, because, if a war needs to break out to avoid a genocide, it needs to break out. If the establishment is stable enough to proactively deport children and women, it is also stable enough to fight a “more just war” among organized groups, between adults.

Health

Humor From Tikkun

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Trump reportedly told House members he’ll mobilize the same 3 to 5 million illegal voters that deprived him of a popular majority in the general election to vote against dissenters from the proposed bill.