Some Americans No Longer Believe in the Common Good
By Silas House https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2021/08/some-americans-no-longer-believe-in-the-common-good/619856/
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America is good.
Americans are good. In his July 2019 newsletter to his followers, evangelical leader James Dobson described a visit to the
A troubling similarity
The United States in the 1870s, 1880s, and 1890s was startlingly similar to today. Inequality, political polarization, social dislocation, and
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Illinois city’s reparations plan was heralded – but locals say it’s a cautionary tale
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/aug/18/evanston-illinois-reparations-plan-cautionary-tale
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Something about the Web environment
Consider, as an alternate scenario, the story of Chad Hurley, Steve Chen, and Jawed Karim, three former employees of the
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Contrived excuses rather than convincing explanations
Before becoming a pastor, I thought more time in Bible study, more time in prayer, more time exposed to hymns
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More than 9,000 anti-Asian incidents reported in US since pandemic started
Stop AAPI Hate documents 9,081 reports since March 2020, including harassment, shunning and physical assault https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/aug/12/anti-asian-stop-aapi-hate-covid-report
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Styrofoam Jesus, or, Autism and My First Communion
by Daniel Bowman Jr. https://sojo.net/articles/styrofoam-jesus-or-autism-and-my-first-communion
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Netflix’s ‘Pray Away’ Is A Humanizing Look At ‘Gay Conversion’ Therapy Survivors
“It’s undeniable that this movement causes harm,” said filmmaker Kristine Stolakis, whose late uncle hoped to “cure” his trans identity
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“True Christians”
Americans have never had a monolithic view of Jesus, nor have they had a monolithic understanding of what Christianity is.
This Is the End of Affirmative Action
What are we going to do about it? By Adam Harris https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2021/09/the-end-of-affirmative-action/619488/
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How can we talk about race without the defensiveness, reflexivity, and scapegoating?
Baltimore, Ferguson, Charlottesville, Charleston. Trevon, Tamir, Sandra, Philando, and Freddie. Kaepernick, Serena, Barkley, and Lebron. White supremacy, white privilege, white
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White Surprise and More
Recently my husband and I found ourselves as the only Black couple on a sea and land tour to Alaska
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‘Homecoming’: 100 years after forceful removal, Nez Perce people celebrate reclaimed land
https://www.statesmanjournal.com/story/news/2021/07/29/oregon-nez-perce-tribe-celebrate-reclaimed-reservation-land-history-treaty-chief-joseph-amsaaxpa/5424269001/
“Did we know we were lying about the drugs? Of course we did.”
“We must put drug abuse on the run through stronger law enforcement,” Reagan said in the Rose Garden. It wasn’t
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The chaos of daily life
I realize we are also each in the midst of the chaos of daily life even when there is not
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‘About time’: LGBTQ Olympic athletes unleash a rainbow wave
https://apnews.com/article/2020-tokyo-olympics-sports-lifestyle-nhl-ap-top-news-4c4d04b03dc0f3a070e287be092c50d4
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Identity Politics
All progress we have made in the realm of civil rights has been accomplished through identity politics: women’s suffrage, the
Indigenous Americans demand a reckoning with brutal colonial history
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/jul/27/indigenous-americans-protesting-brutal-colonial-history
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We must awaken this reality in society
The current sociopolitical climate, where untruths are allowed to go unchecked, unchallenged, and unsubstantiated, creates an environment that not only
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