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Rabbi Michael Lerner’s full analysis of the midterm elections will appear soon—not focused on Jewish participation but on the underlying value issues. In the mean time, we wanted to share some thoughts by Rebecca Shimoni Stoil on Jews voting Democrat.
Growing up guest blogger Kevin Daugherty always thought Christianity and capitalism fit together. Yet with the help of the New Testament, Daugherty discovers the real truth to Jesus’ message on wealth.
America’s New Spiritual Pioneers is an article featured on Tikkun’s main website, but because of it’s quality and importance we wanted to bring it to our Tikkun Daily readers as well. Read our snippet of this unfolding political story about emotions lost and found and follow the links to get the whole thing.
There has been a political shift in the Right’s reigning ideology. The shift is from the Right’s fixation on capturing and consolidating power to establishing rule by the laws of unfettered capitalism.
U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Steven Rhodes recently refused to prevent city officials in Detroit from shutting off water to customers who cannot afford the high costs, declaring that people do not have the fundamental right to water. Warren Blumenfeld offers his commentary on that decision, describing why this is unfair, unjust, and unnecessary.
Lita Kurth reflects on Dr. Cornel West’s moving speech at Santa Clara University over the weekend.
Corporations can also provide important tools for social change. In the crucial battle to safely manage global climate change, corporations will play the leading role.
San Jose has the nation’s largest unsheltered homeless population. In response to San Jose’s homelessness crisis, the Sacred Housing Action Committee led a rally at city hall last week to inform and persuade the public and elected officials to pass a fee to raise funds for affordable housing.
Warren Blumenfeld reflects on the history of segregation in US schools since Brown v. Board of Education., highlighting that the persistent inequities in education are rooted in and continue because of our society’s racial inequality.
In the aftermath of Michael Brown’s murder, Valerie Elverton-Dixon suggests we do not need another conversation about race, but instead one focusing on police brutality, poverty, and treating each other like human beings.