social justice

Brandan Robertson

A Continued Call to The Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) to Reflect on LGBTQ+ Inclusion

by Brandan Robertson

William Barber

Dr. William J. Barber II Wants You to Remember “The Real Martin Luther King, Jr.”

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/dr-william-j-barber-ii-wants-you-to-remember-the_b_5a5d6d90e4b003efadb6b07e

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Trump Tax Cut Hands $32 Billion Windfall to America’s Top Banks

Savings for the top six U.S. banks from President Donald Trump’s signature tax overhaul accelerated last year, now topping $32 billion as the lenders curbed new borrowing, pared jobs and…

James Baldwin

10 James Baldwin Books to Read in Your Lifetime

https://www.oprahmag.com/entertainment/books/a26012817/best-james-baldwin-books/

New York Times

Trump’s Plot Against Health Care Continues

by Paul Krugman at the New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/13/opinion/obamacare-medicare-for-all.html

Brandan Robertson

Deconstructing the tolerance paradox: why Conservatives’ go-to line is garbage.

https://medium.com/@parkermolloy/deconstructing-the-tolerance-paradox-why-conservatives-go-to-line-is-garbage-666a1bf04a65

Richard Rohr

Dancing Polarities

by Richard Rohr The words action and contemplation aptly describe the two dancing polarities of our lives. In classic Christian philosophy, Thomas Aquinas and many others stated that the highest form of spiritual maturity…

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Daily multidimensional racial discrimination among Black U.S. American adolescents

from the Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology Highlights Racial discrimination occurs individually, vicariously, online, offline, and in teasing.Black adolescents average over five racial discrimination experiences per day.Online experiences are more…

Brandan Robertson

Tolerance Is Not A Progressive Value

by Brandan Robertson via Patheos https://www.patheos.com/blogs/revangelical/2020/01/08/tolerance-is-not-a-progressive-value.html

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Poverty Grew In One-Third Of U.S. Counties Despite Strong National Economy

Most of the biggest increases were in areas both rural and Southern. https://www.huffpost.com/entry/poverty-rate-us-counties_n_5dfbc63ee4b0eb2264d672f1