In Part 2 of our conversation about the Daniel Holtzclaw verdict, UCLA and Columbia University law professor Kimberlé Crenshaw talks about the lack of attention on sexual abuse by police officers. Holtzclaw, an Oklahoma City police officer, was accused of serial rape against African-American women. He was convicted by an all-white jury last week of… Read More BLM: Ofcr. Holtzclaw Convicted of 13 Rapes

#Buddhists4Climate Ven. Rathana from Sri Lanka presents Buddhist #Climate Change Statement to French president #COP12 This is the only evidence I have that the Buddhist Declaration on Climate Change was presented in Paris. I still can’t find the story, but I found this Tweet from #Buddhists4Climate from Dec. 10, 2015.  pic.twitter.com/PpbIO7Jfl7

COP21 deal signed, ending fossil fuel era: experts By Kevin Grandia in News | December 12th 2015 Photo from COP21 Previous story History was made today in Paris as the leaders of 195 nations agreed to an ambitious, science-based pact to move the world away from the fossil fuels that are to blame for the rapid increase in global temperatures.… Read More COP21 Inked, Signals End of Fossil Fuel Era

Thanissaro Bhikkhu is a Buddhist monk in the Thai Forest tradition. This page has  a huge compilation of Thanissaro Bhikkhu Dharmatalks, (http://www.dhammatalks.org) recorded since 2000, over a 15-year period. It also lists his books and teachings on chanting and meditation practice. Thanissaro Bhikkhu is responsible for translating over 1000 Suttas from the Pali canon into English,… Read More Thanissaro Bhikkhu Dharmatalks

By Amy Goodman and Denis Moynihan from Democracy Now On the outskirts of the northern French town of Calais, a massive, makeshift refugee camp called “The Jungle” grows daily, swelling with asylum-seekers fleeing war in Afghanistan, Syria, Iraq, Sudan and beyond. Their countries of origin are a map of the targets of U.S. bombing campaigns. More… Read More Amy Goodman: Refugees are the Roadkill of War