unemployment

Work and Witness: The Role of Faith Communities in Working-Class America

Posted on October 16, 2013October 16, 2013 by Adam Hollowell

Rob is a twenty-six year old white male who lives in Massachusetts. After graduating from vocational high school, he hoped to build a career in manufacturing technology and carpentry. But as soon as h... Read More

A Dream Deferred

Posted on September 21, 2011 by Phillipe Copeland

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

Jobs Are Freedom

Posted on August 30, 2011August 30, 2011 by Phillipe Copeland

Article first published as Jobs are Freedom on Blogcritics. ‘Abdu’l-Baha , Head of the Baha’i Faith (1892-1921), wrote: “Until the nerves and arteries of the nation stir into l... Read More

The Soul of Unemployment

Posted on July 6, 2011July 10, 2011 by Phillipe Copeland

Previously published at Baha’i Thought Reading an editorial by Paul Krugman this morning got me thinking. Here’s a taste of it: “More than three years after we entered the worst econ... Read More

Class Consciousness: The Spiritual Cost of Unemployment

Posted on April 1, 2011March 31, 2011 by Joshua Eaton

I tend to think of Buddhist practice as a way of cultivating a mind so stable that such storms leave it unscathed, and I often judge myself harshly when I fail to live up to that standard—when the s... Read More