The Guardian Colin Kaepernick is the black Grinch for those who dream of a white America by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar The tactics used to discredit the former quarterback are how conservative America has always treated black athletes who speak out. https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2019/dec/05/colin-kaepernick-kareem-abdul-jabbar
The Guardian EU aims to stir global action with pledge on climate crisis from The Guardian Brussels sets goal to halve emissions by 2030 and become first climate-neutral continent by 2050 https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/dec/11/eu-aims-to-stir-global-action-with-pledge-on-climate-crisis
The Guardian What could the US afford if it raised billionaires’ taxes? We do the math from The Guardian Today, the top 1% of Americans own more wealth than the bottom 90% combined. If the richest 1% of American households paid at the same rates they…
Jennifer Ohman-Rodriguez Jennifer Ohman-Rodriguez, MEd, is a writer, early childhood development specialist, and seminary student at Luther Seminary in St. Paul, Minnesota. Jennifer and her late husband, Anthony D. Rodriguez, created a…
Otis Moss III Nearly 6,000 Chicagoans to get letters this holiday season saying their unpaid medical debt is forgiven from The Chicago Tribune https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/breaking/ct-chicago-millions-medical-debt-erased-20191020-rrhuxwepancrdhcn2gkdtvlp6e-story.html
Rachel Held Evans “Who Do You Think You Are? – Writing a Meaningful Memoir in an Overshare Age” A Writing for Your Life webinar with Rachel Held Evans.
Rachel Held Evans “How To Turn Hate Mail Into Origami: Engaging Your Readers in the Internet Age” A Writing for Your Life webinar with Rachel Held Evans.
Uncategorized U.N. report: With 40M in poverty, U.S. most unequal developed nation "The United States has the highest income inequality in the Western world, and this can only be made worse by the massive new tax cuts overwhelmingly benefiting the wealthy," Alston…
Patricia Raybon God’s Your Guardian by Patricia Raybon https://www.patriciaraybon.com/gods-your-guardian/
Religion News Service Buttigieg’s candidacy made being gay and openly Christian normal, LGBT activists say from Religion News Service Pete Buttigieg made history as the first openly gay presidential candidate to win primary delegates before ending his campaign on Sunday. But LGBT advocates working for…
Uncategorized What’s spreading faster than coronavirus in the US? Racist assaults and ignorant attacks against Asians Rampant ignorance and misinformation about the novel coronavirus, experts say, has led to racist and xenophobic attacks against fellow Americans or anyone in the US who looks East Asian. https://www.cnn.com/2020/02/20/us/coronavirus-racist-attacks-against-asian-americans/index.html
Frederick Buechner Five Books for Frederick Buechner Beginners Chosen by Jeffrey Munroe, author of “Reading Buechner: Exploring the Work of a Master Memoirist, Novelist, Theologian, and Preacher” (InterVarsity Press). https://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2019/december-web-only/five-books-frederick-buechner-beginners-jeffrey-munroe.html
Carlos Rodriguez Control (the addiction that is costing the Church its freedom) By Carlos Rodriguez https://www.happysonship.com/the-addiction-that-is-costing-the-church-its-freedom/
The Guardian Coal power becoming ‘uninsurable’ as firms refuse cover from The Guardian The number of insurers withdrawing cover for coal projects more than doubled this year and for the first time US companies have taken action, leaving Lloyd’s of…
Jacqui Lewis A heart-stopping school shooting ad: No child should have to text last words to mom. The new Sandy Hook public service announcement is brutal but not gratuitous. It tells us we must not accept gun violence in our schools as inevitable. https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2019/09/18/sandy-hook-psa-gun-violence-school-shootings-not-inevitable-column/2354471001/
The Atlantic The Economist Who Would Fix the American Dream from The Atlantic No one has done more to dispel the myth of social mobility than Raj Chetty. But he has a plan to make equality of opportunity a reality.…
The Atlantic Race, History, and Memories of a Virginia Girlhood by Drew Gilpin Faust, from The Atlantic A historian looks back at the legacy of slavery and Jim Crow in her home state. https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2019/08/drew-gilpin-faust-race-in-virginia/592801/
The Atlantic Nothing Will Persuade White Evangelicals to Support Impeachment New polling suggests that Trump’s base is totally unified behind the president, no matter what investigations might reveal. https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2019/10/trump-white-evangelical-impeachment/600376/
The Economist Race plays an ever-more important role in voting Meanwhile, racial prejudice is declining https://www.economist.com/united-states/2019/05/09/race-plays-an-ever-more-important-role-in-voting
William Barber Red Letter Revival in Goldsboro, NC On this second night of the Red Letter Revival in Goldsboro, North Carolina, hear from Tony Campolo, Alexia Salvatierra, Bishop Tonia Rawls, revivalist Bishop William J. Barber II, and other…