A 50 Year Plea Persists
“In 1968, the Kerner Commission concluded that America was heading toward ‘two societies, one black, one white—separate and unequal.’ Today, America’s communities are experiencing increasing [...]
Read MoreThe State of the Union: Morally Dead and Leaving Vulnerable Children Behind
As I listened to President Trump’s State of the Union Address waiting to hear even a kernel of hope for our country’s most vulnerable children [...]
Read MoreMissed Opportunities to Help Homeless Youths
Home for the holidays. For many people that’s a happy phrase, just as for many Americans the last few weeks included welcomed vacations and celebrations [...]
Read MoreMaking Room at The Inn
A friend shared a story I love about our mutual friend and mentor Rev. William Sloane Coffin, Jr. some years ago. It was Christmas Eve [...]
Read MoreI Agree With Donald Trump
The hugely over-budget F-35 fighter jet program recently returned to the headlines when President-elect Donald Trump tweeted that “The F-35 program and cost is out [...]
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“I Didn’t Make This World for You”
…They have become great and rich; they have grown fat and sleek…. they judge not with justice the cause of the fatherless… and they do [...]
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Why America May Go to Hell!
I hope you will speak up loudly and do whatever else is necessary to stop Congress’ hugely unjust Tax Cuts and Jobs Act that rewards [...]
Read MoreHealing the Gaping Open Wound: an Urgent Call for More Aid and Fair Treatment for Puerto Rico
A National Public Radio story this week described a visit to Escuela Gaspar Vila Mayans, a public elementary school in the Rio Piedras neighborhood of [...]
Read MoreA Prayer to End Child Poverty in Our Time
We know what to do to end child poverty if we want to in rich America. The U.S. Census Bureau reported this week that the [...]
Read MorePlease Take Sides: This Is No Time for Silence or Inaction!
“I remember: it happened yesterday, or eternities ago. A young Jewish boy discovered the Kingdom of Night. I remember his bewilderment, I remember his anguish. [...]
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