Toward a World that Works for Everyone
Bishop C. Andrew Doyle Texas Church to Donate $13 Million to Help Those Hurt by Their Slave-Owning, Confederate-Supporting History By Annie Reneau https://tinyurl.com/uhc6zde The first bishop elected to the Episcopal Diocese of Texas was a slave owner who pushed for loyalty to the Confederacy during the Civil War. The first church in the diocese, Christ Episcopal Church […]
This is an issue in Canada (and the UK according to my friend, Mark, on Facebook). America’s Mental Health Crisis Hidden Behind Bars “Ten psychiatrist jobs have gone unfilled for two years.” By Eric Westervelt and Liz Baker, NPR, February 25 https://www.npr.org/2020/02/25/805469776/americas-mental-health-crisis-hidden-behind-bars It’s recreation time at a Los Angeles County jail known as the Twin […]
“The sad fact is that since non-Indigenous peoples arrived on Turtle Island, Indigenous peoples have been “economically inconvenienced.” “Moreover, their lands have been desecrated – plants, animals and land no longer have sanctity, but rather they are treated as mere commodities to sell or to create the next job. “Academics and philosophers concerned about the […]
Pipeline Protests Spread from Coast to Coast But it’s the railway protests that have galvanized the most attention across the country By Tyler Dawson, National Post, February 12, 2020 https://tinyurl.com/rt5hwxx EDMONTON — As protests against a natural gas pipeline through the interior of British Columbia continued across the country on Wednesday, two Wet’suwet’en hereditary chiefs […]
A formal request for judicial review submitted with the B.C. Supreme Court argues B.C.’s Environmental Assessment Office extended the permit for Coastal GasLink pipeline without considering the findings of the National Inquiry on Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women. [Allegations are being made that the construction camps promote sexual violence and may be linked to the […]
A California-Based Program Provides Newly-Released Long-Term Prisoners with a Chance at a New Life Isabella Garcia, Yes! Magazine, Feb. 6, 2020 https://www.yesmagazine.org/social-justice/2020/02/06/citizens-reentry-prison/ After serving 24 years in prison, Pamela Thompson was freed with no money, no cellphone, and no awareness of how to navigate the new world she’d just been released into. Without the necessary […]
Mass Arrests of Human Traffickers and Child Porn Traffickers: February 2020 Recap Justin Deschamps, Stillness in the Storm, Feb. 9, 2020 https://stillnessinthestorm.com/2020/02/mass-arrests-of-human-traffickers-and-child-porn-traffickers-february-2020-recap/ Several coordinated mass arrests of human traffickers were successful in apprehending suspects and rescuing victims. Alongside those operations, several were arrested for child pornography, one being a US Navy tech. Below is a […]
When a homeless couple moved in with a millionaire After living on California’s streets for a decade, Greg and Marie received a remarkable invitation. A local businessman asked if they wanted to share his $4m home. A year later, we reveal what happened next – and what the experiment tells us about America’s homelessness […]
We celebrate Martin Luther King Day today. What he foresaw will be accomplished by us ascending and building Nova Earth, a world that works for everyone. The world that he foresaw is the world of our future. Here’s a history of his life. “Martin Luther King, Jr.,” History.com editors, Jan. 15, 2020; circa Nov 9, […]
How Do We Cover Iran Better in the News? Include More Iranians Joseph Darius Jaafari, Ydes! Magazine, Jan 13, 2020 https://tinyurl.com/v4fqfh2 When I was growing up, my father would often yell at me, “Miko shah-med,” whenever he was angry with me. It literally translates to, “I will kill you,” from Farsi, the language Iranians speak. […]
About Inequality Worldwide Confronting inequalities is not about merely bridging gaps, it requires confronting entrenched interests. Mona Fawaz, Common Dreams, Jan. 2, 2020 https://www.commondreams.org/views/2020/01/02/what-protests-lebanon-can-tell-us-about-inequality-worldwide Lebanon is more than two months into the wave of protests rocking the country. Chief among the grievances driving people onto the streets are entrenched inequalities and compromised human dignity. Even […]
Two stories on the return of land to native tribes. At Long Last, Smallest Native Californian Tribe Has Land To Call Their Own Andy Corbley, Good News Network, Dec. 22, 2019 https://tinyurl.com/u4zt6p6 Although the history of Native American indigenous peoples have unquestionably been filled with hardship, the Esselen Tribe in California—maybe the smallest native tribe […]
Russian domestic violence: Women fight back Lucy Ash, BBC News, Nov. 21, 2019 https://www.bbc.com/news/election-2019-50493758 Two years ago, many Russians were shocked when the parliament significantly reduced penalties for domestic violence. Since then, women have been fighting back – demanding new legislation to restrain abusers, demonstrating in support of three sisters who took the law into […]
“When the time for things comes, they happen by whatever means are available,” Werner Erhard said. (1) Three recent events illustrate that. The first is the recent commemoration of the fall of the Berlin Wall. When the time came for freedom for East Germans, not even a concrete wall could prevent its advent and spread […]
