Belief & Religion
Belief & Religion
Poor People’s Campaign: An American Movement Hidden in Plain Sight (Audio Photo Essay)
May 22, 2018 Corporate media are not covering the fight for America's soul, but the establishment will not be able ignore the growing community that is leading it much longer.
Has America No Sense of Decency?
May 13, 2017 If we are now a failed country, it is not because we have a failed presidency, although we do. It is because we are a failed people.Chelsea Manning Pens Thank-You to Fellow Inmates
Feb 14, 2017 "When I was afraid, you taught me how to keep going," the whistleblower wrote. "When I was lost, you showed me the way."
Judge Rules Edward Nero Not Guilty in Freddie Gray Case, but Social Media Disagrees
May 24, 2016 Twitter users from diverse backgrounds condemned the American justice system with the trending hashtag #NeroTrial.
The Hypocrisy of Criminalizing Unsupervised Kids Playing at a Park
Aug 24, 2014 A majority of Americans think children under the age of 10 shouldn't be left without a guardian at parks; the Brits are developing the first transgender sitcom; meanwhile, college is probably not "doomed," despite speculation to the contrary. These discoveries and more after the jump.
Where Goes the Neighborhood?
Aug 12, 2014 Consider how our definition of "neighborliness" has evolved. Once upon a time, being neighborly meant "reaching out to the people who lived next door" by, among other things, "offering to watch the kids in a pinch."
This Year’s Best-Kept Secret: The Next Generation of Community Radio
Jul 11, 2013 A microphone and a radio transmitter in the hands of a community organizer imparts power, which some liken to the life-changing impact when humans first tamed fire.
More Exposés, Less Action
May 23, 2013 This new media landscape is more hostile to the civic community and discourages the younger generation from believing that change is truly within our grasp.
The NYPD’s ‘Moroccan Initiative’
Sep 22, 2011 An Associated Press investigative team revealed in an article Thursday ways that, sometime around 2003 or 2004, part of the New York Police Department transformed from being a public security service that solved murders and muggings to a mini domestic intelligence agency that targeted the Moroccan Muslim community.
Muslim Center May Get a Tax Break
Aug 28, 2010 In news sure to stir the ire of opponents of the ”Ground Zero mosque,” a spokesman for New York City Comptroller John Liu has said that the proposed Muslim community center might qualify for tax-free financing, in effect a public subsidy.
