Tag: justice
Whistleblower Exposes India’s Murderous Cops
This review was originally published in Newsweek’s The Daily Beast In 1994, a Punjabi cop filed a lawsuit against his colleagues accusing them of the secret torture and killing of innocents. Now... Read More
When did “never again” become “not again?”
I should be an optimist. Every movie and TV show shows the big guy as jolly, right? Furthermore, I’m a socialist who believes another world is possible through collective action, and a humanist ... Read More
I Am Troy Davis By Jen Marlowe (Exploratory Book Review)
The day is Wednesday, September 21, 2011. I am attending university in Toronto, Ontario, hailed as the most multi-cultural city in the world by the United Nations. Since moving to Toronto in 2009 ... Read More
Living into human peace
In a recent application, I was asked to reflect on my thoughts about nonviolence and whether I consider myself a pacifist. This turned out to be a much more difficult question than you might assume,... Read More
Dasani, Mayor Bloomberg, and Reverse Idolatry
Earlier this month, the New York Times published a five-part series on Dasani, an 11-year-old girl living in a homeless shelter in New York City. The series explicates the experience of New York City... Read More
A Lament for Justice
I have seen a lot of responses to the recent verdict in the George Zimmerman trial. Many of the responses have expressed outrage, sadness, and a host of other emotions and opinions about this unfortun... Read More
On Disability, Humanity and Dignity
On June 21, 2013, NBC aired a story entitled: “Activists Say Goodwill Exploits Workers with Penny Wages”, about the practice in some, but not all Goodwill stores of paying workers with disabilitie... Read More
Living Soil
I was learning about compost. I’d never composted before, but a member of the church I serve informed me it was simple and that we should start a composting program at the church. I took him to ... Read More