Uncategorized 10 Journalism Brands Where You Find Real Facts Rather Than Alternative Facts by Paul Glader in Forbes https://www.forbes.com/sites/berlinschoolofcreativeleadership/2017/02/01/10-journalism-brands-where-you-will-find-real-facts-rather-than-alternative-facts/#9cc79dde9b5a
Uncategorized From Slavery to Mass Incarceration https://www.benjerry.com/whats-new/2019/08/slavery-to-mass-incarceration
Jacqui Lewis Rev. Jacqui Lewis and Peter Wehner discuss Christianity and Trump https://www.msnbc.com/craig-melvin/watch/president-trump-looking-to-cement-and-expand-evangelical-support-76017733559
Religion News Service 50 years after ‘Black Manifesto,’ religious groups take up reparations again The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. described 11 o’clock on Sunday morning as the “most segregated hour in America." This story is one in a series by Religion News Service…
Uncategorized My Semester With the Snowflakes “Being uncomfortable is KEY in this world of ours. Not altogether different from the world of special operations, where the work needs to be done, regardless of weather or personal…
Uncategorized A Holiday Comeback for Toys ‘R’ Us? Sarah Anderson reports on how retail workers are fighting private equity firms that make money by putting people out of work. https://ips-dc.org/a-holiday-comeback-for-toys-r-us/
Uncategorized Understanding The U.S. Economy: Lots Of Rotten Jobs "When U.S. unemployment is at a 50-year low, why do so many people have trouble finding work with decent pay and adequate predictable hours? A new economic indicator—the US Private…
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…
Uncategorized Great Employment Numbers: 44% of Fully Employed Make $18,000 a Year or Less https://therealnews.com/stories/employment-numbers-fully-employed-low-pay-no-security
Religion News Service The future of adoption is in a child’s own community from Religion News Service https://religionnews.com/2019/12/09/the-future-of-adoption-is-in-a-childs-own-community/
Religion News Service The Great American Slumbering? "Maybe the millennials are seeing what too many Christians are not. Is it possible that we are living through “The Great American Slumber,” a time when too many churches are…
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
Uncategorized 87 Percent of Americans Unaware There’s Scientific Consensus on Climate Change from Weather.com https://weather.com/science/environment/news/americans-climate-change-scientific-consensus
Uncategorized Trump’s EPA is checking off an anti-environment wish list. Here’s who will suffer. Every day that the EPA quietly ticks off another item, the social and financial consequences are being shifted from polluters to at-risk communities. https://www.nbcnews.com/think/opinion/trump-s-epa-checking-anti-environment-wish-list-here-s-ncna1086321
Religion News Service The priest who channeled Black Power into the Catholic Church from Religion News Service Thanksgiving week began in mourning for the Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago and many black Catholics, as news came that the Rev. George H. Clements passed away…
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…
The Guardian John Kerry launches coalition to fight climate crisis: ‘We are way behind’ from The Guardian Bipartisan bloc aims to convince people that rapid action is required to halt carbon emissions within 30 years https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/dec/01/john-kerry-coalition-climate-crisis
Kaitlin Curtice Let’s Acknowledge Our Holiday Tensions by Kaitlin Curtice https://kaitlincurtice.com/2019/12/01/lets-acknowledge-our-holiday-tensions/
Religion News Service How colonialism still colors our ideas about who gets to teach religion by Simran Jeet Singh Religion News Service https://religionnews.com/2019/11/26/the-scandal-of-a-minority-american-teaching-a-religion-not-his-own/
New York Times To Take on the Religious Right, We Need a Religious Left By Bianca Vivion Brooks in the New York Times
Religion News Service Before we can rein in hate crime, we have to admit the size of the problem by Simran Jeet Singh, Religion News Service https://religionnews.com/2019/11/18/before-we-can-rein-in-hate-crime-we-have-to-admit-the-size-of-the-problem/