I’ve been a priest for 50 years and still struggle with the problem of evil
John J. Strynkowski March 28, 2021 photo above: Photo by Markus Schumacher on Unsplash WN: The reflection highlighted below is profound and humbling. excerpts: I have been a priest for 57 years. Ever since I read The Brothers Karamazov as a seminarian, with its description of the rejection of God by Ivan, the middle brother, […]
Restorative Justice: Peacemaking Not Warmaking; Transformative Justice: Penal Abolitionism Not Prison Reform
by Wayne Northey for The Kenarchy Journal, Volume 2. image above: cccu.org PLEASE NOTE: Below are excerpts of my paper for the above-noted Journal. At the very end of this post, one may click on the highlighted text, and read the full article in PDF. And of course one may also read it on the […]
America Must Understand How Bad Trump Truly Was in Order to See What’s Coming
By Jake Jackson March 24, 2021 image source: Blog for Arizona WN: The situation in the U.S. continues to be dire, as it teeters on the brink of fascism. excerpts: Seldom do you come across a man who changed so much in so little time. His efforts normalised authoritarian tendencies, legitimised fascism, and shaped the […]
The fight to unionize Amazon is the most important labor story of this century
John W. Miller March 25, 2021 photo above: Screenshot, America: The Jesuit Review WN: Amazon/Jeff Bezos is possibly America’s most virulent symbol of full-bore sellout to Unadulterated Greed. Go for it, unions! excerpts: The campaign by Amazon workers to unionize in Alabama, with a vote that concludes on March 29, marks a new age in […]
Why America’s Great Crime Decline Is Over
March 24, 2021 Derek Thompson Staff writer at The Atlantic photo above: wisegeek.com WN: The “new model” called for in the interview highlighted below is ever one of the “Beloved Community.” Brutal, violent response to crime is in itself the greater crime; one that has short-term benefits, but massive long term harms. I argue this […]
The wrong kind of normal
By RENUKA RAYASAM and MYAH WARD 03/23/2021 photo above: There Have Already Been 104 Mass Shootings In US So Far In 2021, by Cameron Frew on 24 Mar 2021. WN: Mass shootings in America, like genocide in Rwanda, are the first thing to come to mind when one thinks about gun violence. Please see my […]
Wall Street May Finally Be Taking Climate Change Seriously
Dominic Rushe Bio Environment March 19, 2021 photo above: Axiom/Zuma WN: Hope springs eternal. The article highlighted is hopeful! excerpts: This story was originally published by the Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Wildfires burned nearly 10.4 million acres across the US last year. The most costly thunderstorm in US […]
Neoliberalism Doesn’t Care
Published on Saturday, March 20, 2021 by Common Dreams by Tim Koechlin photo above: economist.com WN: In short: Neoliberalism is polar opposite of Kingdom Come and fully aligned with Empire. The piece highlighted below is powerful! excerpt: Neoliberalism is alluring mantras and sales pitches about all that we need to embrace (privatization, liberalization, free trade, […]
Introducing: The Kenarchy Journal
NOTE on image above: Foot washing by UK artist Dinah Roe Kendall WN: It is exciting to introduce The Kenarchy Journal! Roger Mitchell1, the Editor and Founder, created the neologism, “kenarchy,” explaining: Kenarchy is a newly constructed word signifying an innovative, inclusive reconfiguration of Jesus’ politics of love. It is derived from ken(osis): emptying out […]
Preparing Formerly Incarcerated Returning Citizens as Part of the Crime Prevention Solution
WN: Charles Thornton became a friend through our attending International CURE Conferences together: once in San José Costa Rica (2017), another time in Kigali Rwanda (2018). With COVID in between, both seem a remote time ago. He has been highly innovative in his work, which you may briefly read about by clicking on his name. […]
Cornel West: The Whiteness of Harvard and Wall Street Is “Jim Crow, New Style”
By George Yancy, Truthout Published March 5, 2021 photo above: yankeewikis.com WN: I first became involved with men in prison in 1974, at a time the first prison I visited (Oakalla Prison, Burnaby BC, Canada) still operated under a military regimen with many ex-military hired as guards; with an ex-air force serviceman as chaplain who […]
Houses of hate:
Dangerous, racist and falling apart. By nearly every metric, the nation’s penal system is not just failing, it’s making things worse. By Justin Ling February 28, 2021 photo above: Medium security range at Stony Mountain Institution in Stony Mountain, Manitoba (Correctional Services Canada/Flickr) WN: The article highlighted does not sugar-coat the reality: Canadian prisons (and […]