People. Stay woke. We now have a large percentage of the population being fed propaganda through their nightly news. Sinclair Broadcasting, which owns 193 local television stations across the country, recently forced every news anchor at every Sinclair station to...

What would happen if a democratic nation elected a government whose policies made it impossible for many people to enjoy fundamental human rights? One answer is: you might get a visit from a United Nations Human Rights overseer. That is...

Every year, roughly 13,000 Americans are killed by guns. Let that sink in. More Americans have died from gunshot wounds in the last 50 years than in all the wars in American history. In addition, roughly 26,000 people are injured by...

In the late 1970’s, a religious sect settled into the tiny town of Island Pond, Vermont, located in Vermont’s Northeast Kingdom. The group called itself the Church of Island Pond. Children from these families were occasionally beaten with rods and...

I love to tell the story of my Scottish grandfather, Daniel. At the age of seven, Daniel became an indentured servant. It was a common arrangement in the 1800’s among European families like Daniel’s: dirt poor, unable to feed four...

It is exactly one year since the 45th presidential election; one year! In that year, this country has changed dramatically. I’m not talking about the retrograde policy changes or the trammeling of our political heritage and constitutional law. I am...

Is anything sadder than the long list of people in our country who have known hatred and exclusion imposed by this county’s dominant male, wealthy, white culture? Immigrants, people of color, queer folks, fat folks, those who wear a hijab,...

Many years ago, in my initial career as an educator, I tried to persuade elementary school teachers to take time to observe the children in their classrooms. I hoped they would sit back now and then and be quietly, intentionally...

Are you as conflicted as I am when I see a homeless person, who appears to be young and able-bodied, carrying a sign asking for help? On the one hand, I’ve watched investigative news reporters catch panhandlers sauntering off at...

Compassion is the force that moves people towards social justice. You can see it weaving through each of the examples given below, and there are so many more. To live out the belief that we are all equals, we will need to...