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Taking the Economy Back From the Elites: Blessed Are the Organized

By Nathan Schneider

…e deterioration of organizational strength elsewhere in society. So it’s a net loss. Another very significant factor is that a large proportion of the underclass is either in prison or undocumented—and therefore disenfranchised. Do you think that any kind of spiritual awakening—or religious awakening, since people so often distinguish the two—is requisite for grassroots organizing? The book’s last chapter discusses a couple of passages in Walden w…

The Right Wing Bible and the Politics of Impotence

By Christopher B. Hays

…the recent economic crises from many quarters has been to slash the safety net that keeps such inequalities from being even worse. Any American could worry about these problems, but being the parent of two preschool-age children brings the questions home in a special way: How is America really doing? And specifically, how are we doing at raising generations who see problems clearly and have the guts to take a stand? Kids are growing up in sch…

Planned Parenthood Is Taking Over Government!

By Sarah Posner

…re’s the latest one world order conspiracy from the religious right: World Net Daily reports that the American Life League, “the largest grassroots Catholic pro-life group in the nation,” is “warning of a perfect storm of circumstances that could set up Planned Parenthood as a quasi-governmental entity with the power to establish as law its declaration of a universal right to tax-paid abortions and autonomous rights to sexual ‘pleasure’ for childr…

Sin and the Cycle of Poverty

By Guest Contributor

…t post from Joni Podschun, who advocates for access to food, robust safety net programs, and in-home care for seniors through her work at an interfaith non-profit service provider. You can also follow her on Twitter (@joni_pod). Neuroscientists recently released a report showing that high levels of stress caused by childhood poverty have a negative impact on working memory, leading to learning delays and long-term underachievement. These new findi…

Drop that Candy Bar, Pagan!

By Peter Montgomery

…eligious right leaders would like you to consider. Jesusween. The folks at www.Jesusween.com are hoping to turn Halloween into a “Christian gift-giving festival” and a time for evangelizing. And actually, in spite of the headline on this post, the Jesusween FAQ says it’s OK to give out candy along with gospel tracts or inexpensive Bibles. Just be sure to respond to “Trick or Treat” with “Jesus loves you.” The Hell House Experience. Plenty of evang…

Deputy Weeps at NOLA Protest

By Ira Chernus

…e it will end? To learn more about the demonstrators’ concerns, see http://www.defendneworleanspublichousing.org *** More on the story yesterday out of New Orleans, where people protesting the demolition of public housing were blocked from entering a city council hearing, then assaulted by police with pepper spray and stun guns. Though some speakers who did get into the hearing opposed the plan, the council passed it unanimously. The version of th…

Amazing Grace: Obama Hits a Blue Note in Charleston

By Peter Manseau

…e” spectrum runs from the painfully stilted (for example, when sung by Tom Netheron of the Lawrence Welk’s “Musical Family” ) to the effortlessly soulful (as in the hands of Reverend Al Green.) The difference between these approaches is ripe material for parody. “When white people sing Amazing Grace,” the comedian Rick Smiley riffs in astonishment, “you can understand the words. They sing every single syllable!” The “Amazing Grace” heard last week…

“Lyin’ Ted’s” Non-Endorsement: When Coherence Becomes a Vice

By Neil J. Young

…ow a phrase, by the Republican rank and file. We should be far more worried, however, by whom they have judged the winner. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IA8a2gt4VU8…

Phelps’ Vile Words Test First Amendment

By Lauri Lebo

…s in the US military. The church operates a number of Web sites, including www.godhatesfags.com, on which it disseminates its rabidly anti-homosexual views. The church has gained notoriety for staging protests at the funerals of US soldiers in order to draw attention to its message. Albert Snyder’s son, Lance Corporal Matthew Snyder, was a US Marine who was killed on March 3, 2006 during active service in Iraq. His body was returned to the United…

Looking at Death: Images of 9/11, Before, During, and After

By S. Brent Rodriguez Plate

…f death from our society. Voyeuristically, we can aim our web browsers at www.grim-reaper.org, which offers “one-stop shopping for the morbid mind.” Alongside videos of autopsies and embalming procedures, they sell a couple documentary videos on September 11—one of which donates proceeds to the “Twin Tower Fund,” set up my Mayor Giuliani. Another video offers images of “people jumping to their death.” But years before the Internet, in 1928, Tom H…