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From “20 Myths about Religion and Politics in America” by Ryan P. Burge So what’s the antidote to this morass in which we find ourselves? It begins when people from all political persuasions start to embrace a worldview that is less partisan and more empirical. To perceive the world in an empirical way is, in …
https://abc7ny.com/amp/aapi-town-hall-asian-american-pacific-islander-heritage-month/13267027/
From “On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century” by Timothy Snyder The Yale psychologist Stanley Milgram, contemplating Nazi atrocities, wanted to show that there was a particular authoritarian personality that explained why Germans behaved as they had. He devised an experiment to test the proposition, but failed to get permission to carry it out …
https://www.goodgoodgood.co/articles/can-churches-help-to-ease-the-affordable-housing-shortage
A great article about How to Heal Our Divides Volume Two contributor Jemar Tisby. https://religionnews.com/2023/05/30/how-jemar-tisby-became-radioactive-for-evangelicals/
https://www.goodgoodgood.co/articles/amanda-gorman-book-ban
https://mayall.medium.com/ai-humanitys-ultimate-ally-in-confronting-global-challenges-and-shaping-a-sustainable-future-aa76af54dd41
https://open.substack.com/pub/framelab/p/george-lakoff-why-is-empathy-central?r=1ewbq&utm_medium=ios&utm_campaign=post
Evil Is a Social Reality
“In the most recent tally, the ACLU has tracked over 460 anti-LGBTQ+ bills introduced in state legislatures across the country this year. “ https://www.goodgoodgood.co/articles/transgender-people-share-for-lawmakers-to-know-trans-experience
https://www.viacharacter.org/topics/articles/the-10-most-popular-happiness-boosters
by Susan K. Smith In his book, James Baldwin: A Biography. author David Leeming writes, “Children believe what their parents tell them, and oppressed minorities constantly face the danger of believing the myths attached to them by their oppressors.” Those words lead to his observations about James Baldwin and his revelations about his stepfather, who, Baldwin said, …
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Connecticut is a case in point. https://religionnews.com/2023/05/05/no-the-framers-were-not-more-about-protecting-religion-from-the-state-than-vice-versa/
A task force recommended that legislators enact a sweeping program to compensate for the economic harm from racism in the state’s history. You can read the free article here.
In case you’re still using Twitter… https://qz.com/twitter-misgendering-deadnaming-policy-remove-elon-musk-1850351829