Category: News
The Execution of Troy Anthony Davis: Finding Wholeness in Times of Complete Despair
Disgust. Shock. Outrage. Our country is in mourning. Our nation is truly lost. We are in a whirlwind of emotional upheaval, a roller-coaster of spiritual destruction. The lead up to the execution of T... Read More
Christian Values in American Public Policy
With the presidential campaign season in full swing, the politicians are out trying to promote their religious credentials to their potential constituents, which gives the citizenry the opportunity to... Read More
Are Muslims permanent foreigners in the US? by Ryan Bell
Today the LA Times reported that “After more than two days of deliberation, an Orange County jury…found 10 Muslim students guilty of two misdemeanors to conspire and then disrupt a February 20... Read More
The Black Survivors
Article first published as The Black Survivors on Blogcritics. How can you be sittin’ there Telling me that you care – That you care? When every time I look around, The people suffer in th... Read More
Where Do We Go From Here? Seeking Justice…
The news this week, like many recent weeks, has been full of stories of injustice, violence, misunderstanding, pain. As an American, there are plenty of stories within our national framework to choose... Read More
What We Could Have Done
That the band R.E.M.’s break-up and Troy Davis’ highly controversial state mandated execution would have taken place on the same day is probably an interesting coincidence to no one but... Read More
A Dream Deferred
Article first published as A Dream Deferred on Blogcritics. The Baha’i Faith teaches that an equitable and just distribution of wealth is essential to the prosperity and progress of civilization... Read More
The Keystone XL Pipeline: A Moral and Religious Issue
I did not travel to Washington D.C. a few weeks ago to protest the construction of the Keystone XL pipeline in front of the White House—and get arrested—as some of my colleagues and so many other ... Read More