By Andy Corbley, Good News Network, June 12, 2024 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/drive-thru-food-pantry-serves-thousands-in-a-california-food-desert-with-nutritious-groceri In India, those of all faiths occasionally visit the places of worship of the Sikhs to get a delicious taste of ‘Seva,’ the Sikh principle of selfless service when they give out free dinners to anyone who visits. In California, Sikh organizers are capturing […]
Old Money Changing the World & How I Can’t Post This on Facebook In Canada Now
The original, of which this is an excerpt, is long but worthwhile. Facebook’s refusal to post this article is discussed below. What Should You Do With an Oil Fortune? By Andrew Marantz, The New Yorker, August 7th, 2023 https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2023/08/14/what-should-you-do-with-an-oil-fortune The Hunt family owns one of the largest private oil companies in the country. Leah Hunt-Hendrix […]
We Are Sovereign Creators
by Maria Chambers https://tinyurl.com/53ds5fdm A coffee buddy initiated a discussion that goes like this: what would happen if all laws were suspended for one day? He contends that all hell would be anarchy, that people who were otherwise law-abiding citizens, would rob, rape and murder. And my perspective was that there may be more robberies, rapes and murders, […]
Free Fridges – Mutual Aid in Philadelphia
A Mama-Tee refrigerator in Philadelphia. (Heather Long/The Washington Post) https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2021/06/28/hunger-philadelphia-free-fridges/ PHILADELPHIA — Darrell Brokenborough opened the bright yellow refrigerator that stood on the sidewalk outside a row home at 308 N. 39th St., smiled and said, “It’s full.” He balanced on his cane so he could take a closer look at the apples, yogurt, greens, […]
The Seeds of Creation
Found on Facebook. . . by Nova Maxx
Amazon Launches $2 Billion Housing Fund to Make 20,000 Affordable Homes Available for Working Families in 3 Cities
By Good News Network, January 16, 2021 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/amazon-launches-2bil-housing-fund-in-3-cities/ Amazon’s Housing Equity Fund will help preserve existing housing and help create housing developments through below-market loans and grants to housing partners, public agencies, and minority-led organizations. The Fund seeks to “ensure that moderate- to low-income families can afford housing in resource-rich communities with easy access to […]
Culture and Philosophy
If culture is an organization of ideas, where does philosophy fit into it? Philosophy is a systematic look at or overview of a thing or event. It’s one grouping of ideas within a culture. We call it a “discipline.” The emphasis is on the systematic approach to the work and the umbrageousness of the view […]