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German artist Käthe Kollwitz, a pacifist and socialist, d. 4/22/45. Few artists have been so committed to representing the private struggles and suffering of the poor, particularly the fierce power of maternal love, and the capacity for devastating loss (her own experience.)
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@AOC “A verdict is not a substitute for policy change.”
Justice? @AOC explains why the Derek Chauvin guilty verdict isn’t true justice for minorities. Thank you.
AOC Says Derek Chauvin Guilty Verdict Isn’t Justice
‘It’s not justice because justice is George Floyd going home tonight to be with his family.’ — AOC explains why the Derek Chauvin guilty verdict isn’t justice for communities of color
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An #EarthDay meditation from Sister Wendy Beckett, from our correspondence.
#SisterWendy shared a dream in 3 parts:"First I was looking at magnificent pictures of lakes, then I was actually walking beside these lakes seeing them in their full reality, and then the lakes were inside me. I was containing the lakes...
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My article, posted yesterday.
Daniel Ellsberg wanted to pass along to us the lesson he had learned: that there were circumstances in which one might be called to make sacrifices for the sake of a higher truth. Read more by @RobertEllsberg
americamagazine.org/arts-cul…
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I'm very excited to share my new interview with @Prof_Keller about her fascinating new @OrbisBooks title: "Facing Apocalypse"--a brilliant reading of "climate, democracy, and other last chances" through the lens of the biblical Apocalypse. piped.video/watch?v=-5zku8Dn…
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"I clearly remember the first time I handled classified documents. That day in October 1969 stands out for other reasons, as it was also the first time I was allowed to handle a Xerox machine." THE PENTAGON PAPERS AFTER 50 YRS. @americamag @DanielEllsberg bit.ly/2RXdSQt
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Photo: my sister @MaryEllsberg, my father, and I (at 13) bit.ly/2RXdSQt
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Feast of St Anselm (1109) whose theory of the Atonement, based on codes of feudal honor, held sway for 1000 years. Two books from @OrbisBooks respond and provide an alternative argument better attuned to scripture, history, the suffering of the innocent and the cry of the earth.
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“Trayvon Martin... and so many others are dead, because in some white imagination, they were dangerous. And that imagination is so respected that those who kill, based on an imagined, racialized fear of Black people are rarely held accountable.” washingtonpost.com/opinions/…
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The judgment that one Black life mattered is a step toward an America where all Black Lives Matter. Many more steps to go.
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Looking forward to this!
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"The America First Caucus will work toward an infrastructure that reflects the architectural and aesthetic value that befits the progeny of European architecture...[it] must be utilitarian as well as stunningly, classically beautiful befitting a world power and source of freedom"
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