A Response to Caste by Isabelle Wilkerson
By Mike Greenwood Sometimes I can approach a book naively as I did with Isabelle Wilkerson’s Caste. As I reserved the book from my local library, I remember thinking that “caste” is something I know happens in India but here, where I live? No way. Little did I realize or anticipate that I would be […]
One Congregation’s Response to Classism Workshops
By Michael Greenwood Champlain Valley Unitarian Universalist Society, Middlebury, Vermont During the years between 2015 and 2017, the Champlain Valley Unitarian Universalist Governing Board sponsored two Class Conversation workshops, “Organizing for Change: Addressing Classism In Your Faith Community” and “Create Justice- Not Walls: Class and Race in UU Settings.” Later, the congregation sponsored the worship […]
To build a robust social democracy, just taxing the wealthy won’t be enough | Remapping Debate
To build a robust social democracy, just taxing the wealthy won’t be enough Original Reporting | Benjamin Schneider | Taxes Income inequality Social welfare 1Placing the tax burden entirely on the ultra-wealthy undermines the already difficult project of expanding government services and increasin...
A white mob chased Black Bostonians celebrating the abolition of slavery in the early 1800s - The Boston Globe
In the 1810s, one of the earliest celebrations of the abolition of slavery turned violent.
Here is the full list of faiths being unrecognized by the Pentagon
Soldiers will still be able to list the dropped religions on their dog tags, according to the Pentagon
How Social Class Shapes Identity
Personal Perspective: Knowing how class influences unconscious choices and motivations might free you to be more yourself.