In Joyful Act of Resistance, Pink Seesaws Installed at Border Fence
“We are all connected.” Published on Tuesday, July 30, 2019 photo above: “The symbolism of the seesaw is just magical.” (Photo: Twitter/Channel 2 KWGN) by Common Dreams by Jenna McGuire, newsroom staff WN: Wow! What a delightful act of defiance! How totally “uplifting”! 🙂 excerpt: Two California professors built three pink seesaws on the U.S.-Mexico […]
On Judging
28/07/2019 photo above: KayR Studios from Pexels WN: All I can say is: wow! Letter 19: On Judging Desert Fathers and Mothers based their life and prayer on the teaching of Jesus. The Beatitudes were their Commandments. They experienced personally that one of the most difficult things to do in life is not to judge […]
A US-born teen was in border custody for 23 days. Now he’s suing the government
A US-born teen was in border custody for 23 days. Now he’s suing the government Francisco Galicia and his mother are speaking out on the inhumane conditions they say he endured while detained Christine Bolaños in Austin, @bolanosnews08 Sat 27 Jul 2019 photo above: Francisco Galicia is reunited with his mother Sanjuana Galicia at the […]
Imperialist Made Crisis of Migrants and Refugees
For the last 18 years, since the new era of war and occupation began, there has been no end to the war, violence, and economic devastation imposed on people around the world by imperialist governments like the U.S., Canada, and the countries of the European Union Published on Tuesday, July 23, 2019 by Common Dreams […]
Review: A lifetime of studying the three great monotheistic faiths
Jack Miles July 24, 2019 Facebook Twitter Email WN: Sounds utterly fascinating! My Orthodox son reminds me that Christianity did not begin as opposition to other spiritualities, rather as their fulfilment. Christopher Marshall in “Paul and Social Responsibility” writes: Stanley Hauerwas has suggested [‘The Moral Authority of Scripture: the Politics and Ethics of Remembering’, Interpretation […]
Puerto Ricans Demonstrate How to Oust a Corrupt Leader
Jul 25, 2019 Opinion | TD originals Sonali Kolhatkar photo above: Puerto Ricans gather in San Juan to celebrate the resignation of Gov. Ricardo Rosselló. (Dennis M. Rivera Pichardo / AP) WN: Wouldn’t it be wonderful if the Ultimate Corrupt/Ultimate Despicable/Ultimate Deplorable Trump were next (or better went through a genuine Christian conversion)?! 🙂 excerpts: […]
Editorial: The politics of division stripped of any disguise
Jul 18, 2019 by NCR Editorial Staff photo above: The White House is seen in Washington July 12. (CNS/Tyler Orsburn) WN: This is so well stated, it bears quoting in full. Opinion The stock market indexes keep pushing through the ceiling. Your portfolio looks better than it has in years. The jobless rate recently hit […]
American Jews Divided On Israel Are Uniting — In Anti-ICE ‘Never Again’ Protests
American Jews Divided On Israel Are Uniting — In Anti-ICE ‘Never Again’ Protests July 16, 2019 by Aiden Pink and Ari Feldman photo above: Getty WN: Wonderful! excerpts: [su_dropcap size=”5″]I[/su_dropcap]f you’re liberal, Jewish and Zionist, it has been difficult to find a home in the earth-shaking activist movements of the past decade. A leading Black […]
AOC’s ‘Squad’ Represents Me As An American Jew – More Than Any Republican
July 16, 2019 by Shoshana Hershkowitz photo above: Getty Images WN: White American “Christian” Evangelicals, meet real (Judeo-)Christian values! Amen! excerpts: For me as an American Jew, seeing a diverse group of young women who are focused on progressive policies inspires me. As a Jewish woman, social and economic justice are inextricably connected with “Tikkun […]
Here’s the real reason Trump is attacking ‘the squad’: he’s scared of their politics
Here’s the real reason Trump is attacking ‘the squad’: he’s scared of their politics The four congresswomen who came under attack by Trump are popular – as are their policies. That’s why he is terrified of them Wed 17 Jul 2019 Joshua Leifer photo above: Left to right: congresswomen Rashida Tlaib, Ilhan Omar, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez […]
Donald Trump has made it clear: the only ‘real Americans’ are white and Christian
Donald Trump has made it clear: the only ‘real Americans’ are white and Christian In a recent tirade from his bully pulpit on Twitter, Trump revealed who he thinks belongs in the United States – and who doesn’t by Theodore R Johnson Tue 16 Jul 2019 photo above: ‘His remarks suggest that ‘real Americans’ are […]
The evolution of Ilia Delio
Jul 16, 2014 by Jamie Manson Global Sisters Report photo above: Franciscan Sr. Ilia Delio delivers the keynote address Aug. 14, 2013, during the Leadership Conference of Women Religious assembly in Kissimmee, Fla. (CNS/Roberto Gonzalez) WN: What an incredible woman of God! Please visit Amazon for her books in print. And if in the Vancouver […]
It Has Long Been Past Time To Take A Stand
July 16, 2019 by Henry Karlson image above: GDJ: Stop Racism / Pixabay WN: Trump is doing great evil in America and across the world. Every Christian pulpit in the nation — and beyond — should be declaring with Amos, Micah and Jesus: Instead, I want to see a mighty flood of justice, an endless […]
Progressives Need to Start Preaching Hell Again
July 16, 2019 by Chuck McKnight photo above: Gage Skidmore, Flickr, Creative Commons 2.0 Generic. WN: Amen! Except: I so dislike the term “progressive”, which in my view can smack of just another kind of (religious) elitism. “Justice-seekers” or some such term is what I’d rather identify with. Please also read about the Poor […]
Facial Recognition Tech Is Growing Stronger, Thanks to Your Face
By Cade Metz July 13, 2019 photo above: The Brainwash database, created by Stanford University researchers, contained more than 10,000 images and nearly 82,000 annotated heads. .CreditCreditOpen Data Commons Public Domain Dedication and License, via Megapixels WN: The article highlighted is very foreboding. Please read some of the other articles that are clickable in the […]
American Carnage: a masterful must-read on Trump’s Republican takeover
Tim Alberta of Politico has written a compelling, alarming and scoop-heavy history of the fall of the party of Lincoln Lloyd Green Sat 13 Jul 2019 photo above: Mike Pence and Paul Ryan applaud as Donald Trump delivers his first address to Congress in February 2017. Photograph: Jim Lo Scalzo/Pool/EPA WN: Trump is beyond vile, […]
‘You’re excluding people that look like me’: Megan Rapinoe’s message to Trump
US soccer captain again rejects White House visit, saying team does not want to be ‘corrupted’ Sarah Marsh Wed 10 Jul 2019 photo above: Megan Rapinoe and team during the Broadway ticker tape parade. Photograph: Mike Segar/Reuters WN: Bottom line: Trump is Scapegoater-in-Chief — the Ultimately Deplorable Ugly American — as are unwittingly or cynically […]
How Can We Celebrate “Freedom” While Kids Are in Concentration Camps?
How Can We Celebrate “Freedom” While Kids Are in Concentration Camps? By William Rivers Pitt, Truthout Published July 4, 2019 photo above: Pro tip, flag-waver: Your July Fourth “freedom” narrative is a bald-faced lie.Lauren Walker / Truthout WN: And damned if anyone out there for the most part cares!… I have a close relative who […]
This Palestinian hip hop group’s new record is a feminist rallying cry
Eloise Blondiau July 05, 2019 photo above: Tamer Nafar, Maysa Daw and Mahmood Jhere (image courtesy of damrap.com) WN: Incredibly powerful! excerpts from story: When Maysa Daw was a teenager, she remembers going to a concert by DAM, which calls itself the first ever Palestinian hip-hop group, and asking herself: “Would I be able to […]
The U.S. women are part of a movement. They won’t be the only female athletes to speak up.
The U.S. women are part of a movement. They won’t be the only female athletes to speak up. photo above: Megan Rapinoe celebrates after scoring the United States’ first goal during its quarterfinal match against France. (Francois Mori/Associated Press) By Jerry Brewer July 4 at 3:38 PM WN: No to “viciousness” cited below. Resounding […]
Kids Locked In Cages Aren’t So Sure You’re Actually “Pro-Life”
Benjamin L. Corey July 1, 2019 WN: Of course, the persons addressed in the article highlighted below in the end are neither “pro-life” nor “Christian”. They have always happily supported bombing the hell out of whatever perceived enemy of the month America is targeting “now” (and that is anyone/state not bowing to its hegemony […]