Political Activist | Social Justice Advocate
Political Activist | Social Justice Advocate
Here’s an excerpt from George Carlin on religion. “Religion has actually convinced people that there’s an invisible man living in the sky who watches everything you do, every minute of every day. And the invisible man has a special list…
Above is a portion of a 2023 bill that South Carolina republicans are debating about the death penalty for women having an abortion. This is how you read bills that republican lawmakers are trying to pass. When they say Abortion…
Here are some tips from Jessica Valenti who writes about abortion every day. Most Americans don’t actually know what republican legislatures are up to. We get numb to how horrible republican lawmakers are trying to pass abortion bills. Our job…
“To our knowledge, this is the biggest faith-related campaign in history.” And that, is the misguided focus of the Jesus ad run during the 2023 Super Bowl. White evangelical Christian groups are behind the commercial. The same groups that are…
Here’s a partial reprint of Jessica Cravens’s incredible newsletter Chop Wood, Carry Water. Good news all around so I thought I’d reprint some of it here. Make sure you subscribe to her newsletter to get the rest, it’s way worth…
When I was a budding drummer in my teens, I had a handful of teachers who made a big impact on me. First Impact – Mr. Johnson In 1972, as part of the music program at Rockbrook Elementary School in…
Here are excerpts from Martin Luther King Jr.’s speeches outlining what his dream would look like economically. It’s much easier to integrate a lunch counter than it is to guarantee a livable income and a good, solid job. It’s much…
Until we can take religion off the no-talk list, we’re going to continue to have issues. The role of religion is playing out in politics today. Remember the role of religion and what happened in Germany? The role of religion…
Are we a country that fights FOR racism with more ferocity than we fight against racism? We’re a country that sends police officers to block black people from crossing the Edmund Pettus Bridge. We’re a country where in 2022, police…
Excerpts from President Joe Biden’s State of the Union address on Tyre Nichols. Public safety depends on public trust, but too often that trust is violated. As many of you personally know, there are no words to describe the heartache…