Politics & Society
Bad Journalism
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The Iranian nuclear agreement is not a treaty, thus it does not require advice and consent from the Senate. Congress just gave itself a power that it already has. Brilliant.
Environment
The Environmental and Social Responsibility Amendment to the U.S. Constitution
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As long as corporations have a fiduciary responsibility to maximize the investments of their stockholders, they have no choice but to make profits their “bottom line.” But we are promoting a New Bottom Line, so that every corporation, government policy, our legal system, health care system, educational system, and every other major system is judged efficient, rational and productive to the extent that they maximize love and caring, environmental sustainability and responsibility, ethical behavior and generosity, and our capacities to respond to the Earth with radical amazement, of which we are an important part.
Culture
On the way to Sinai (on racism and economic justice)
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Sinai was a revelation of nonviolence and justice. A vision of a world in which God’s love of every individual was a proof that every single person was and is equally worthy and loved by God. We must recognize the commonalities of social justice movements across faiths and cultures because unity and empathy are the only ways we will make it to the Mountain.
Environment
The Spirit of the Torah Land Law Renewed
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Today most of the population gets its living from land value. What I mean is that most of the population lives in cities where land values soak up a big part of earned income. That’s why a modern day version of the Jubilee land law must address land value justice rather than simply endorse redistribution.
Christianity
Religious Justifications for Oppression: A Brief U.S. History
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The United States of America was founded on Christian justifications for oppression. But when clergy and lay people pronounce their conservative dogma on sexuality and gender expression, race, women, on other religions and on atheists, they must expect opposition to their ideas and to their dominant group privileges, to their interpretations of scripture, and to their constructions and revisions of history.
Politics & Society
The Menzies Jacket: Why I Joined the Fight for a Living Wage
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My faith tradition teaches me that when one suffers we all suffer, that we are only as whole as the most broken among us. Let’s be sure we don’t think the fight is over when we get a living wage for all workers.
Empathy
Strivers and Skivers? We’re All In This Together
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Placing wholeheartedness at the center could build much more virtuous cycles between personal change and political action. Placing wholeheartedness at the center of our relationship to work could build much more virtuous cycles between personal change and political action. Author and researcher Elena Blackmore examines the role of empathy in economic transformation.
Culture
Mercy over Vengeance for Dzhokhar Tsarnaev
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Now in the wake of a Boston jury’s conviction of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev we have the opportunity to detour out of the perennial cycle of violence and vengeance. Let all these senseless murders serve as a catalyst to bring people even closer together.
Environment
And, STOP Calling Me a Non-Profit!
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Why should a “corporate” business card trump one that reads “non-profit?” Once those monies from products are made, the dividends received and the stocks sold — where next and how best can these resources be put to work?
General News
Alternatives to Violence Days
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We will be lobbying Progressive House of Representatives offices on April 22-24 to encourage people of compassion and sanity to support the Global Marshall Plan Resolution. Even if you cannot be in Washington, D.C. we can still use your help!