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A Positive Look Ahead
There is a dark spirit alive in the consciousness and conversations of the American people. Although many participated in the women's marches and were elated by the turnout and the solidarity of tho…
A Prayer for the 7 Billion People of the Earth
As of October 31, 2011, according to the U.N. Population Fund, there will be 7 billion people on the planet. China and India are the two most populous nations. Large challenges face the peoples of t…
A Prayer for Those Returning Home from Prison
Morning Star, we ask you to relieve the plight of men and women just released from prison who are having trouble finding places to live, work, and receive health care.
Facts: In an article on ww…
A Civil Rights Issue: Mass Incarceration in the U.S.
In an article for alternet.org Chris Hedges examines the strong connections between being poor and going to prison in the United States. Of the 2.2 million people locked up at the moment, 97% of fed…
A Lament Over the Growing Gap Between the Rich and the Poor
O Keeper of Justice in the universe, we are troubled about the inequality which is so rampant in the United States.
Statistic: The top 10 percent of earners last year collected more than half th…
Skyrocketing Prison Population Devastating U.S. Society
On Commondreams.org Sarah Lazare shares the dire impact of four decades of massive imprisonments in the United States. This report by the National Research Council (an arm of the National Academy of…
Reallocating Resources in a Democracy
A democracy is supposed to reflect the will of the people. When people vote, speak out at community meetings, or protest, they are responding not only to particular politicians and parties but to th…
Living Poorer
Wendell Berry has been writing and living a life of limits, simplicity, and letting go for many years. For Ragan Sutterfield, Berry is a model of Christian renunciation. He quotes him in his America…
Locked Up and Locked Out
On April 11, 2014, the New America Foundation held a program titled "Locked Up and Locked Out: Securing a Second Chance at Economic Citizenship for Ex-Offenders." Monica Potts was on a panel which r…
A Prayer for Global Refugees
Balm to the Weary, we are shocked and saddened by the news that there are more refugees in the world today than have been recorded since the United Nations began collecting numbers in the early 1950…