It’s the evening in Kolkata 🇮🇳 while most of America 🇺🇸 sleeps. I’m trying to process another epic day on top of every other epic day serving the sickest of the poorest of the poor of the harsh streets of Kolkata. Most of you know I can muster words for just about anything. However, this …
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It's a practice born of our very species. Help each other. We would not survived as long on this planet without helping one another; considering the collective's well-being; lending a hand to those in need. Across cultures, across religions, across time, this practice has been at the core of human existence. I accept this behavior …
Quoting James Martin, S.J., as we remember these brave men and women who were murdered 30 years ago this weekend, because they stood for social justice, social change for the people. "These men and women paid the ultimate price for standing with the poor and marginalized in the name of the Gospel of Jesus Christ. …
Two white journalists consider their journey, exploring the murder of a white minister by group of white men in the segregated deep south of Alabama, United States, in 1965. #gratitude @chipbrantley @andrewbeckgrace https://www.npr.org/about-npr/719940814/white-lies-nprs-civil-rights-cold-case-podcast-solves-who-what-killed-james-reeb one.npr.org/i/776399329:776566928
She passed on Tuesday at the age of 75. Mary Martha Corinne Morrison Claiborne Boggs. The story goes that her older, 3 year old brother couldn't pronounce "Corinne" when she came home from the hospital, he called her Cokie, and that was that. She had a keen, life-long deep understanding of politics, especially here in …
I think about Labor Day and a lot of different thoughts go through my mind. What's the origin of the holiday in this country? "Beginning in the late 19th century, as the trade union and labor movements grew, trade unionists proposed that a day be set aside to celebrate labor, " according to Wikipedia. What, if any, is our …
When we talk about personal freedom -- or that as a nation -- it's important to remember that freedom only comes with effort, vigilance, and fortitude. Whether it's liberty we enjoy in the United States and celebrate this week, or freedom from worry and personal struggles, they both require work. Everyday. It doesn't just happen. …
Following is a guest blog post from a close friend, originally shared via Facebook. Powerful, important words from deep within. Please read, and share if you feel so moved. My thanks to Kim for offering her personal perspective. Tears With No Refuge by Kim Brown Montenegro I have struggled to put words to my emotions …
[Originally published in May 2012, this article was my first with Humaneity Magazine.] You would be hard-pressed to find two countries seemingly more dissimilar than Haiti – small, impoverished nation located in the Caribbean Sea – and Russia – former 19th-century empire and Cold War adversary to the US, and recent heavy-hitter in the energy …
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