Manmeet Singh Bhullar Left A Legacy Of Making Others Feel Like They Belong
Manmeet Singh Bhullar Left A Legacy Of Making Others Feel Like They Belong The grief and lessons, five years after I lost my brother. By Tarjinder Bhullar, Special To HuffPost photo: Courtesy of Tarjinder Bhullar WN: This testimonial is powerful and delightful, while tinged with acknowledging a tragic loss to his family–also to Canada and […]
Is This the Beginning of the End of American Racism?
Is This the Beginning of the End of American Racism? Donald Trump has revealed the depths of the country’s prejudice—and has inadvertently forced a reckoning. by Ibram X. Kendi September 2020 Issue Ideas image above: The Atlantic WN: I love the ironic optimism of this piece! As you will see excerpted in context below, I […]
Washington Post Publishes Names and Details of 1,400 Civilians Killed in US-Led Bombings of ISIS
Washington Post Publishes Names and Details of 1,400 Civilians Killed in US-Led Bombings of ISIS By Brett Wilkins / Common Dreams (11/19/2020) November 20, 2020 WN: “Collateral damage” has always meant huge numbers of civilians–aged and young, noncombatants of both sexes, etc.–indiscriminately slaughtered during U.S. drone strikes and other bombings the world over. American military […]
RCMP Perpetuates Misogynistic, Homophobic And Racist Culture: Report
11/19/2020 By Samantha Beattie photo above: Jeff McIntosh/THE CANADIAN PRESS WN: My short response to the current Commissioner: She does not know (or admit knowing) and does not care to know (more); so there will be no external review–and no systemic change–unless imposed and done independently of police and prison personnel. Then who will implement […]
The United States Is Not a Democracy. Stop Telling Students That It Is.
When our students only learn about this exceptionally strange system from their corporate-produced history and government textbooks, they have no clue why this is how we choose our president. Published on Wednesday, November 18, 2020 by Ursula Wolfe-Rocca (Zinn Education Project) photo above: Students deserve an explanation for the origins of the Electoral College. (Photo: […]
Trump’s Politics Fractured My Family. Where Do We Go After The Election?
Trump’s Politics Fractured My Family. Where Do We Go After The Election? I’m a Democrat, they’re Republicans. Healing the political divide will be America’s next challenge. Updated 11/13/2020 By Jenn Merritt, Special To HuffPost WN: The article highlighted below holds special sadness for me, given a similar concern in our family with some […]
Gustavo Gutiérrez and the preferential option for the poor
Nov 8, 2011 by John Dear Blog | On the Road to Peace WN: What can one say? The highlighted article is deeply humbling. I could have cited the entire article, so full of wisdom and insight–and great challenge! As well, the overwhelming opposite juxtaposition leaps out in light of the just-released McCarrick Report: The […]
An earth system model shows self-sustained melting of permafrost even if all man-made GHG emissions stop in 2020
An earth system model shows self-sustained melting of permafrost even if all man-made GHG [Greenhouse Gas] emissions stop in 2020 Jorgen Randers & Ulrich Goluke Scientific Reports volume 10, Article number: 18456 (2020) Cite this article 7943 Accesses 1422 Altmetric Metrics details WN: While Trump and Trump Cultists (two close family members quite sucked in) are in a […]
The McCarrick Report: The Vatican Owns Up To Enabling Abuse
The McCarrick Report: The Vatican Owns Up To Enabling Abuse November 10, 2020 by Mary Pezzulo WN: The article highlighted is powerful! It also points to exponential pain, horror, and abuse of those reporting their abuse by priests–by the wider Church which gaslighted/gaslights/revictimized/revictimizes victims beyond imagining . . . One reads and weeps all over […]
Two more reasons Kamala Harris as VP will be a historic milestone for our nation
Ian Reifowitz for Community Contributors Team November 07, 2020 photo above: people.com WN: The article highlighted is immensely hopeful! An emphatic Amen! excerpts: Editor’s Note, Nov. 7, 2020: Kamala Harris and Douglas Emhoff are officially going to be the nation’s first Second Family. As you may have heard, Sen. Kamala Harris would WILL be a historic vice president. […]
No. I will not meet you halfway. You must change.
MindMatter Saturday November 07, 2020 photo above: Politico WN: I suppose the highlighted article could best be summed up: There is no compromise with evil. I’ve posted the opening paragraphs. The rest is also simply great! excerpt: Dear Trump supporter, Let’s make a deal. I will not accuse you of being evil as Satan or […]
‘I Mostly Listen’: Offering Blueprint for Democrats, Green New Deal Champion Chloe Maxmin Unseats Powerful GOP Incumbent in Rural Maine
‘I Mostly Listen’: Offering Blueprint for Democrats, Green New Deal Champion Chloe Maxmin Unseats Powerful GOP Incumbent in Rural Maine “I don’t show up and talk about myself,” says Maxmin, who this week unseated the state’s Republican Senate Minority Leader. “I really try and listen and make sure that the voices that I hear are […]
Plough: Daily Dig for November 6
Daily Dig for November 6 D. L. Mayfield Xenophobia is the opposite of hospitality. It means “fear of the stranger.” It’s in the very air we breathe: it’s built into our mortgage contracts, our Constitution, our foreign policy, our immigration system, and the speeches that elect our politicians. The fear of the other […]