“There are no unsacred places; there are only sacred places and desecrated places.” —Wendell Berry The desecration of Big Bend National Park in Texas began last week. The area is currently being invaded by federal contractors who are clearing out land to begin the...
The midterms are only 91 days away, and if the Democrats retake the House of Representatives, it will mark the beginning of the end of the Trump regime. Pro-Democracy forces need to stay laser-focused on helping the Democrats succeed. Why? Not because the Democratic...
In some future time when we look back on the damage done during the Trump era we will have much to mourn: the backtracking on climate change; the damage to science, medicine, higher education, healthcare, and free inquiry; the senseless war in Iran, the colonization...
For nearly a year, a small group has gathered each Wednesday through the Buddhist Coalition for Democracy and merged with the Reflective Meditation daily online sangha. We meditate together, but we don’t meditate away from the world. We bring the world into practice....
Two hundred and fifty years ago, a new nation was born, based not on blood-and-soil, but on the aspirational belief that all persons are created equal and endowed with unalienable rights. These rights were not initially extended to all —slaves, indigenous peoples, and...
