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Environmental Injustice in Morocco, Just 300km South of COP22
Delegates, politicians, hundreds of people are flooding to Marrakech, Morocco this month for the COP22 (22nd Conference of the Parties). The annual meeting follows the 1992 United Nations Framework...
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Who Will Be Left?
Embed from Getty Images—I was at the start of my adolescence when 9/11 happened. A moment in time when our generation was changed forever with the message that nothing is sacred.I got engaged the year...
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Forging the New Left: Politics, Virtue, and the Bleeding Heart
Embed from Getty Images—I believe that our current political and social dichotomy is evolving from the Democrat vs. Republican divide of the 20th century into an overtly social justice ethic vs. an...
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For White People who Want the Racist Nightmare to end, we Must Reclaim our...
Embed from Getty Images—We who are the descendants of indentured European servants and of European working class immigrants who fought back against bosses and their police to form unions and fight for...
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Comcast Employees Rally in Opposition to Travel Ban
The news media called Thursday afternoon’s direct action by Comcast employees a walkout, but Mr. Sree Kotay, the Chief Technology Officer for Comcast Cable, defined it as a rally organized by...
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Why Do We Care That Men Are Holding Hands?
Embed from Getty Images—International headlines recently celebrated that hundreds of Dutch men were holding hands. When I saw this, I admit I was bothered. The men – a majority of them straight – did...
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A Daddy’s Small Letter to His ‘Big’ Girl
—Dear Zuri,Today, you turned seven years old! It is incredible how fast time flies. I can still remember the day you were born.Your mom and I lived on 73rd and Constance Avenue in an apartment on...
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A Man With a Vision
—Men can be self-disciplined, hardworking, and driven. But if we lack vision, any desire to contribute toward a lasting impact with our lives will remain limited. We must move beyond ourselves and...
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When Resentment Hurts You More than the Person You Resent, Here’s Help to...
In the Northern Hemisphere, we just experienced the March Equinox—Spring has arrived! Next came Passover in the Jewish faith, and the Christian holiday of Easter. I have been thinking about...
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A Father Who Loves
—I began this piece at a loss for words.I often overthink and find it difficult to communicate my innermost thoughts. It is a challenge to trust others with the simple and complex parts of my...
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1,600 Men Standing Up and Speaking Up
—Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one’s courage. – Anais Nin . —On Wednesday, September 26, 2018, 1,600 men took out and paid for a full-page advertisement the New York Times listing each of...
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The Psychology of Activism
Several years ago I was having a conversation with a friend of color about oppression and social justice when she said she liked how I wasn’t a “guilty white man.” This made me consider the differences...
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Debating the Sharing Economy
— Sociologist Juliet Schor, author of the prescient 1992 bestseller The Overworked American, is one of America’s leading thinkers on how economic issues affect the fabric of people’s everyday lives....
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Solidarity and the Study of Migrants and Refugees
The increasing number of people taking perilous journeys across land and sea in search of better lives attracts global media coverage. Seen as “illegals” and rejected by some, they are helped by...
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This Is a Time for Solidarity. This Is a Time for Sustainability. This Is a...
A time for solidarity: The Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic must not become the occasion for a war of all against all. Blaming China, or immigrants, or the opposition party is a way to divide us just...
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Unity for a Better World
Morning has broken with challenges that were predicted by many, but for which few were prepared. Rising to these challenges will define who we are. My plea for solidarity exhorts us to become the group...
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Turn Your Guilt About Being Privileged Into Solidarity
It feels like all I’m doing is waiting. For enough testing and a vaccination. For another spike in cases to overwhelm hospitals. For a text saying, “I’ve got the virus.” For the Trump administration...
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Forging a New View of Black-Brown Solidarity
Deck: A prevailing narrative that Black and Brown people are not united does damage to us all. We must embrace difficult conversations while seeking justice for everyone. Surveying revolutionary...
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Solidarity and the Study of Migrants and Refugees
By Dr Harald Bauder The study of 21st century migrants and refugees is leading academics to challenge historic assumptions about citizenship and nationalism. The increasing number of people taking...
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Pro Tip: Christians Don’t Get to Check Out of Politics
I found out something about myself: I thought I had an endless reservoir of contempt for bad faith arguments and willful asininity. Turns out, I don’t. Not unlike many of my fellow citizens, I have...
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