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California Inmates Protest the Abuse of Long-Term Solitary Confinement

By Sarah Sentilles

…Méndez stated that keeping an adult in solitary confinement for longer than 15 days constitutes torture, but in US prisons, stays in solitary confinement often exceed years and turn into tens of years. “The reality is stunning,” says Markle Downton, “and it certainly helps to makes sense of why people who are incarcerated in California feel the situation is dire enough that it’s necessary to put their lives on the line to call for reform.” The Ame…

Capricology: A Robot is Being Tortured

By Henry Jenkins

…torturer, her tormentor; yet in the process, she has been discovering her contact with the machine, relying on what the machine knows (such as the weight of the gun with a blank vs. with a bullet) to survive the way her father deploys what he knows about her. It feels like we are witnessing the personal trauma which might ultimately set the cylons against the humans: originating not in the inhumanity of the machine, as we were first presented wit…

Degrees of Separation

By Amina Wadud

It is counter-productive spiritually and ethically for me to linger long in negativity, especially this month of all months. I take to heart the Prophet’s statement whoever believes “fal-yaqul khayr aw li-yasmut “Let (him or her) say (something) good or be quiet.” I also take to heart the adab or etiquette that prevails in Islamic cultures and traditions: cover the faults of your sister or brothers. So, although I have continued attending the tar…

Tajwid: To Read with Love… and Competence

By Amina Wadud

…o inaccurate. As I said, I plan to go for iftar on Sunday and get some eye contact. Now that the speaker volume has been adjusted, I must say I’m in love with this recitation. No, I’m not kidding. Really. It is actually better than the al-Qushayri mp3 player. Don’t get me wrong. I am still so grateful for having that. Three days ago I figured out that I can plug it into the USB port in my car and listen to Qur’an as I run my errands. Yep, another…

Ramadan: Third Day is the Charm

By Amina Wadud

…just a little tiny bit of additional serenity through this arduous path of spiritual practice? There is some underlying message here, I think. Women are not supposed to get into a spiritual zone. What is more, the women who do go to this mosque regularly are also led to believe they must acquiesce to these affronts, or… or what? They are not good Muslims, they are not true believers, they are damned to hell? So we take a little bit of hell now to…

Ten-Year-Old Hero Confronts Anti-Gay Bigotry

By Lauri Lebo

…That must have been priceless.) The Daily Show With Jon Stewart Mon – Thurs 11p / 10c Gaywatch – Peter Vadala & William Phillips<a> www.thedailyshow.com Daily Show Full Episodes Political Humor Tea Party Anyway, for his stance, Phillips has been invited to be the grand marshal of the Fayetteville Gay Pride Parade, according to On Top Magazine. And he and his parents have accepted the honor. But some “social conservatives” (i.e. bigots) are railing…

Seeking Jobs, Beach Clean Up Workers Come From All Walks of Life

By Lauri Lebo

…ected. They describe the people in the crew as a kind of forced family. For 12 hours a day, they’re together in 100-degree heat. Everyone is still getting to know each other, they say, but it feels like it’s becoming a new tribe. “It’s like The Great Depression,” Kumrits said. People seeking jobs have come from all over the Gulf region. Middle-class plant workers who lost their jobs in the recession and convicted felons recently released from pris…

South Carolina Gubernatorial Candidate Called “Raghead”

By Candace Chellew-Hodge

…idst the accusations from two men that they’ve had “inappropriate physical contact” with state Rep. Nikki Haley, the Palin-endorsed gubernatorial candidate, comes Knotts’ interjection: “We already got one raghead in the White House. We don’t need another in the Governor’s Mansion,” Knotts said during a live internet interview this week on Pub Politics — a laid back program usually conducted over beers in a local Columbia bar. Knotts issued an ap…

Capricology: Divine Madness

By Salman Hameed

…opos of Henry’s comment about the thin line that separates “madness” from “spiritual experiences”, I was reminded of the studies that link temporal lobe epilepsy with visions & hallucinations. In fact, neuroscientist V.S. Ramachandran has shown that temporal lobe epilepsy is often associated with enhanced emotional responses to religious words and symbolisms. The broader implications being that some of the religious visions of sages, prophets, and…

Progressive Faith Leaders Rally to Keep Heat on “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell”

By Alex McNeill

…olitically murky, said New York magazine writer Chris Rovzar in a September 10 analysis. “If the Justice Department simply doesn’t appeal the case after this ruling, ‘don’t ask, don’t tell’ might just go away. If Obama waits for Congress to address the issue, a Republican-led house might reject an overturn,” wrote Rovzar. For Knox, the way forward is clear, and the faith communities he represents are fired up and ready to act because the next four…