Affirming sacred worth, restoring human dignity, and sabotaging the shame of poverty
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Addressing the challenges of our polarized times
The sustainability of this experiment called America
Work to ensure that people are treated as human beings never ends.
Reckonings that are a long time coming
Michael Eric Dyson writes letters to black martyrs, grappling with the need for a reckoning with race.
America could learn a lot from its first peoples. Let’s start with the truth
Why we should celebrate Indigenous Peoples Day on the second Monday in October.
Time for a rewrite
The purpose of journalism is to share information. Some journalists seem hard pressed to remember that fact.
It’s an old, old story: Power doesn’t corrupt, it reveals
N.T. Wright observes that we are made to exercise power, but true human power comes through self-giving love.
What if we have it all wrong? Reality and the dislocation of joy
Joy is too often dislocated, as if there could be no simple pleasures which are not really about cash.
Uncharted: How to navigate the future
Margaret Heffernan sees our humanity and creativity as key to navigating an uncertain future.
Peeling away the labels
Be careful of labels. Sometimes a pickup truck is just a pickup truck. And people are always more than just a label.
This will not end well
Baseball and other sports have sold out to the gambling interests. My bet is that it will not end well.
