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Say Yes to Resistance
by Betsy Leondar-Wright The election outcome was a shock – but wasn’t something new. Throughout U.S. history we’ve had waves of right-wing populism, when people bought into explanations of their economic hardships that scapegoat other marginalized groups and reject traditional elites. This election was a right-wing populist upsurge that few of us saw coming. We […]
Individualism and Universalism
We Are at Our Best in Community by Thomas Earthman Unitarian Universalism holds that the individual is the highest authority on their own spiritual health and well-being. No one can tell you what your relationship with the universe should be. We recognize that I cannot fully know and understand what your experiences are or how they […]
It Will Take Courage to End This Nightmare
by Denise Moorehead As I listened to the news this week – first about still more unarmed black men dying at the hands of the police and then yesterday morning about 12 Dallas policemen being gunned down – I got angrier and angrier at the hypocrisy of the newscasters and pundits. To avoid being called cop […]
Don’t Feed the Birds, Animals — or People?
by Nancy Hilliard, M.Ed When I learned about the latest indignity aimed at people living in persistent poverty, I had to ask myself, How did we dehumanize people living in poverty so thoroughly? According to the National Coalition for the Homeless, well over 30 municipalities have restricted or banned sharing food with homeless people across […]