Editor: This speech by US Attorney General Loretta Lynch is one of the most powerful statements of civil rights I have read in my lifetime. Story by Mark Joseph Stern, a writer for Slate. He covers the law and LGBTQ issues. U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch in March 2016. Alex Wong/Getty Images On paper, the current… Read More Loretta Lynch: America’s Most Powerful Advocate for Trans Rights
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A potentially epic clash over transgender rights took shape Monday when the U.S. Justice Department sued North Carolina over the state’s bathroom law after the governor refused to back down. In unusually forceful language, U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch said North Carolina’s law requiring transgender people to use public restrooms and… Read More US sues North Carolina over transgender bathroom law
2 Investigators: Pastor Says Chicago Cops Beat Her During Road Rage Incident (CBS) — A woman with two small children in her car tried to pull into her driveway. That simple task ended with Chicago police officers pointing a gun to her head and charging her with attempted murder. CBS 2’s Dave Savini has police video, the 9-1-1… Read More Chicago Cops Beat Reverend in Car with Kids
Block, Build, Be: Buddhism for Social Justice https://www.generosity.com/faith-religion-fundraising/block-build-be-buddhism-for-social-justice/x/13989916 $3,119 USD raised by 32 people in 3 days 10% of $30,000 goal DONATE NOW Share on Facebook63 Faith Oakland Buddhist Peace Fellowship, Organizer Contact for Buddhist Peace Fellowship What is Generosity? Read our mission statement. Our Story Buddhist wisdom teaches us to love the world just as it… Read More Build-Block-Be: Give to Buddhist Social Action w/BPF
By Darren Fleet and Stefanie Krasnow / adbusters.org In a better world, there’d be no reason to write this. In that world, plastic bags would be outlawed, rednecks would voluntarily stop driving those obnoxious Ford F-350s and the yogis in yuppie neighborhoods would stop believing that a hybrid SUV could save the planet. But that’s not the world we live… Read More Deep Anger: We need to rediscover something we lost along the way
On September 29th, 2015, national, congressional, community, and faith leaders gathered at the National Press Club in Washington D.C. to advance the Clean Power Plan for the health, wealth, and opportunity of low-income communities and people of color. Speakers included Vien Truong (Green For All), Van Jones (Dream Corps & Green For All), Keya Chatterjee… Read More Van Jones and Green for All National Forum on Climate Change, Clean Energy and Communities of Color
One non-Buddhist writer (I can’t remember who) described the Buddha as “a pre-modern post-modernist.” Buddha’s method of inquiry was one of relentless deconstruction. His teachings deconstruct experience, physical and mental phenomena, religious doctrine, philosophical propositions, making the Buddha a consummate post-modernist. One of the key features of post-modernism is the assertion that there is no grand narrative that is the authoritative interpretation… Read More Post-Buddhism: No Grand Narrative
