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(5 comments) SHARE Saturday, March 7, 2009 A Letter From The Grunts
Ptsd from combat doesn't mean you can't protest war. Vets for Peace in Bellingham, WA have a kickass letter to Obama about Afghanistan and the guy who sent it to me has quite a story.
(2 comments) SHARE Monday, February 23, 2009 Talking Full Employment... Now?
Tell us your visions for the future economy. Robert Pollin argues for full employment as a critical goal, and tells us we can get there. If the economy served deep spiritual values of caring for the planet and each other, what would it look like?
(1 comments) SHARE Tuesday, February 10, 2009 This week's strange religious comebacks: Indulgences and Usury
Medieval religious practices, like selling indulgences, which are making a comeback, seem crazy. But it turns out that Islamic financial practices, which I thought were medieval and nuts, can protect people in hard times and help us build community.
(8 comments) SHARE Friday, February 6, 2009 Is it Doom or Transformation?
Gloomy prophets or hopeful visionaries? The world of spiritual progressives includes both, as the economy starts to crumble: but is it crumbling enough?
(2 comments) SHARE Thursday, January 15, 2009 Why isn't this news in the U.S.? U.S. Rabbis for Gaza Cease-Fire
The US media is not reporting liberal Jewish and interfaith views on Gaza, so a group of rabbis and others have taken out a full page ad in the New York Times today laying out the path to a solution, in the form of an appeal to President-elect Obama.