How does rape become one of the conducts in the midst of armed conflict resulting from the excesses of military expenditures?
Ethics & Values
What’s in a Name? Why We Can’t ‘Just Forget’ About Slavery
“Forget?” Not on your life.
“Forget?” Not on your life.
Finding New Meaning in a Misattributed Quote
“There are two important days in a person’s life: the day you were born and the day you realize why.”
“There are two important days in a person’s life: the day you were born and the day you realize why.”
Is God Really Your Homeboy?
Episode 13 of the "Just Stick to Parenting" podcast series by Doyin Richards.
Episode 13 of the “Just Stick to Parenting” podcast series by Doyin Richards.
Empty Temples
Church Attendance Is Down; Supernatural Beliefs Are Down. Perhaps 50 Million U.S. Adults Now Ignore Organized Religion.
Church Attendance Is Down; Supernatural Beliefs Are Down. Perhaps 50 Million U.S. Adults Now Ignore Organized Religion.
Australians Respond to Media Campaign That Calls out “Creeping Culture of Secrecy”
The threats to press freedom and citizens' right to know
The threats to press freedom and citizens’ right to know
Peering Into a Psychopath’s Bag of Tricks: Slaps and Sexist Remarks
People with psychopathic tendencies don’t walk around with iron muzzles and lick their lips.
People with psychopathic tendencies don’t walk around with iron muzzles and lick their lips.
5 Tips for Keeping the Liberation Pledge on Your First Week of Work (Without Getting Fired)
The Liberation Pledge is a commitment to anti-speciesism which involves refusing to sit where the bodies of animals are being eaten.
The Liberation Pledge is a commitment to anti-speciesism which involves refusing to sit where the bodies of animals are being eaten.
Dystopian Future? China’s Social Credit System and the Surveillance State
Issues concerning the social credit system, and surveillance in North American and European states.
Issues concerning the social credit system, and surveillance in North American and European states.
The Fear That Can Push Us Forward
“We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light.”
“We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light.”
Divining the Witch of York: Propaganda and Prophecy
Said to be spawn of the devil himself and possessed with great powers of prophetic insight, Mother Shipton was Yorkshire’s answer to Nostradamus. Ed Simon looks into how, regardless of whether this prophetess witch actually existed or not, the legend of Mother Shipton has wielded great power for centuries — from the turmoil of Tudor courts, through the frictions of civil war, to the spectre of Victorian apocalypse.
Said to be spawn of the devil himself and possessed with great powers of prophetic insight, Mother Shipton was Yorkshire’s answer to Nostradamus. Ed Simon looks into how, regardless of whether this prophetess witch actually existed or not, the legend of Mother Shipton has wielded great power for centuries — from the turmoil of Tudor courts, through the frictions of civil war, to the spectre of Victorian apocalypse.
How Emerging Forms of Civic Engagement Are Shaping the Future of Our Cities
We met Joke Quintens to talk about new forms of citizen collaboration and how we can accelerate change-making for the common good.
We met Joke Quintens to talk about new forms of citizen collaboration and how we can accelerate change-making for the common good.
800 Years of Commoning: A Berlin Dialogue Hosted by the Commons Strategies Group
A wide variety of legal innovations that commoners are inventing to fulfill the principles of Magna Carta and build a new socio-economic order/
A wide variety of legal innovations that commoners are inventing to fulfill the principles of Magna Carta and build a new socio-economic order/
How Meditation, Yoga, and Other Spiritual Practices Can Blind You From Inequality
You may have not encountered the term “spiritual bypassing,” but you’ve definitely experienced someone doing just that.
Coined in the 1980s by psychologist John Welwood, it means the “use of spiritual practices and beliefs to avoid dealing with our painful feelings, unresolved wounds, and developmental needs.” In other words, it’s pretending — often unconsciously — that our spirituality and beliefs about universal truth mean that we don’t have to work with our own particular, relative neuroses.…
Reflecting on School Lockdown Drills
Is the increased safety worth the increased trauma?
Is the increased safety worth the increased trauma?
Why Addressing the Gun Violence Epidemic is This Former Marine’s Top Priority
I’ll never forget his words: “Lieutenant, in a real-life situation, you can’t freeze up. Your Marines are counting on you, and their lives are on the line.”
I’ll never forget his words: “Lieutenant, in a real-life situation, you can’t freeze up. Your Marines are counting on you, and their lives are on the line.”