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Can Solar Calm the Coming Storm?
By Tom Cotter Going solar is a part of solving the climate disruption we are experiencing. Though climate change failed to emerge as a topic during the 2012 presidential debates, New York Mayor [...] Continue Reading
Where Am I?
By Maria Telesco On election night, a TV pundit proclaimed, “Tomorrow, half the people will be happy, and the other half will be angry.” The problem is, he failed to tell me which group I’d be in, [...] Continue Reading
The U.S. Election through the Eyes of the Brits
By Gerry Bill Manchester, U.K.—Observing the U.S. election from British soil was a new experience for me, and it turned out to be much more exciting to watch things from this side of the pond than I [...] Continue Reading
Don’t Count Him Out
Dr. Jean Kennedy Despite how many people felt about President Barack Obama, he is back to serve us for another four years. What does this mean for minorities? Why did America vote Obama back in for [...] Continue Reading
A Look at Jill Lepore’s New Yorker Article, “The Lie Factory”
By David E. Roy The True and Original Modern Masters of Deceit Harvard historian Jill Lepore’s article, “The Lie Factory: How Politics Became a Business,” was published in the Sept. 24 issue of the [...] Continue Reading
Progressive Religion…Is Not an Oxymoron: The Common Good versus Common Greed
By David E. Roy Probably the most religious statement I could make today (shortly after the election) is, “Thank God it’s over!” Agnostics and atheists are free to substitute “goodness” if they [...] Continue Reading
The Interfaith Social Justice Collaborative Faith Calendar – Dec. 2012
Compiled by Susan Orovitz ISJC Mission Statement: To network and collaborate as we work to serve and promote systemic change for the common good; to educate and inspire one another to positive [...] Continue Reading
Next Generation
By Richard Stone (Author’s note: The following is an excerpt from the book Incarnation: Coming to Life in Mind and Body.) A person-to-person encounter takes place, and the gist of it is magically [...] Continue Reading
All We Want for Christmas…Are No More Drones!
By Bev Fitzpatrick Wouldn’t no more drones be a great gift? Unfortunately, that gift will have to be unwrapped in the future as our reelected President, the U.S. military and the CIA continue drone [...] Continue Reading
God I Believe Would Appreciate That
By Leonard Adame People will mail cards wishing one another a warm and bountiful Christmas. They will say “Merry Christmas” in dozens of ways on their minutely decorated cards. They will wrap their [...] Continue Reading
Newzapalooza: Celebrating and Supporting Independent Media
By Rick Flores Local musicians are devoting their talents in a fall fund-raiser fittingly called Newzapalooza for local alternative/progressive media: the Community Alliance newspaper and radio [...] Continue Reading