On Taking Sides

On Taking Sides

In 1931, in the midst of an economic depression in which millions of people in the US were suffering from unemployment, poverty, and hunger, coal miners in Harlan County, Kentucky fought for better wages, safe conditions, and recognition of their union, the United...
Five Life Tasks for Political Activists

Five Life Tasks for Political Activists

Stephen Batchelor, a prominent secular Buddhist, has reframed the Four Noble Truths of Buddhism as four tasks: 1) Embrace life as it is (both its joys and sorrows), 2) Let reactivity be, 3) See the ceasing of reactivity, and 4) Actualize a Path. Batchelor’s four tasks...