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What Liberals Want: A Response to Susan Thistlethwaite

By Frances Kissling

…demy and are far less concerned with access as a route to achieving social change. We do have different theories of change. For liberals social transformation occurs at the margins, not in the center of power. The center has no stake in real change which challenges their privilege. That does not mean we hate the powerful; it just means we are more satisfied when we work with the powerless. It also does not mean that no one should work with the pow…

Teaching Love: Soulforce Takes it to the Quad

By Nick Street

…he streets, and my agency recognizes this as a reality. I’m here to try to change that reality.” The political tide in Conway, and indeed the rest of Arkansas, is definitely turning against the kind of change that Parke and the other riders hope to see. Faulker County, of which Conway is the seat, is part of a broad swath of the Southeast—from Oklahoma and Arkansas through Tennessee and along the lower ridge of the Appalachians—that has become red…

Is LGBT-Muslim Clash Aiding Rise of Right in Europe?

By Peter Montgomery

…singly prominent stage to present his views following Taiwan’s legislative change. His opinions on same-sex marriage, sexual minority anti-discrimination laws, and even the recent “controversy” over a homosexual character in the Disney film Beauty and the Beast are well known. Also, a surprisingly large number of politicians in Hong Kong profess to be devout Christians, although this does not of course automatically denote anti-gay or even anti-sa…

It’s Not Climate Change, It’s Climate Chaos: Lessons from COP22

By Donna Schaper

…n language. People here are referring to climate chaos rather than climate change. Climates are always changing – and the language of climate change has unintentionally caused the climate deniers to wonder why we liberals are against change all of a sudden. Climate chaos is much more accurate. Speaking of chaos, 250 million climate refugees are expected by the year 2050. In the LIMA COP20 there was only one side event on the matter of climate refu…

Pat Robertson Flip-Flops On Climate Change Denial

By Michael Schulson

…le while, Robertson was one great hope for a saner conversation on climate change. Back in 2006, Robertson announced to his viewers that climate change was a real and human-sourced threat (admittedly, he did so citing a single hot summer, and not actual science). In 2008, he even appeared in a climate awareness commercial—with the Reverend Al Sharpton, of all people. Now, it’s clear that Robertson has entrenched himself in more familiar territory….

Climate Change Denial: A Guide for the Humanities

By Michael Schulson

…olitics.” Discussion questions: In what way could skepticism about climate change, which demands certain changes in our lifestyle and economic activities, be linked to citizens who are “fending off threats to a still established way of life”? Do you think that the IPCC represents the “aristocratic institutions” that rouse the “manifested…animus” of those who feel locked out from positions of authority? Social Studies and/or Economics Try to identi…

No, Climate Change Deniers Aren’t Modern Day Galileos

By Andrew Aghapour and Michael Schulson

…). The Vatican is pivoting toward the climate: it held a summit on climate change this week, and Francis will release a major encyclical on the environment this summer. A few weeks later, he’ll travel to the United States, the planet’s biggest carbon emitter. And as climate change advocates go, Pope Francis is particularly difficult to impugn. Deniers can accuse liberal politicians of attempting to expand government regulation, and argue that scie…

“Paleo” is More Than a Fad Diet: Boyd Eaton’s Plan to Return to Eden

By Michael Schulson

…llion living an okay life? Well, that’s the greatest good for the greatest number—the argument that you’re making. If you want a livable lifestyle for the greatest number, then living at a minimal level with 12 billion people would be better. If you want people living the very best possible lifestyle, then 100 million people would be better. If you stop thinking about only human beings, but thinking about all the rest of the living organisms on ea…

How to Choose a Tour Company for Your Hajj

By Amina Wadud

…nts than their quota allows. Most Muslim countries have a quota; a limited number of hajjis permitted from that country in any one year. This number is set by hajj authorities in Saudi Arabia, because, in all fairness, there has to be a cap on how many Muslims converge on the place. Right now, it stands at around 3 million! Countries with large populations of Muslims have many more applicants than their allotted number of pilgrims. This means you…

Who Is “Sam Bacile?”

By Sarah Posner

…d that the film was intended to be a provocative political statement assailing the religion. He denied being Sam Bacile, the pseudonym for the video’s purportedly Israeli Jewish writer and director, but AP said the cellphone number it called for a telephone interview with Bacile on Tuesday matched Nakoula’s address. —- For more RD coverage of the events in Libya see “Tragic Violence in Libya: No Excuses,” by Haroon Moghul — ed….