“Ruining Lives with Criminal ‘Justice’” (NY Times, 7/30/15), Doug Deason, president of Deason Capital Services and the Deason Foundation, tells how he made a mistake when he was 17, and, with legal help, was lucky to get a second chance. [Use his story to practice discerning God’s work in a wholly secular report.] So many, […]
Prudent Ways to Fight Childhood Obesity
“Prudent Ways to Fight Childhood Obesity” by Jane Brody from the NY Times of 6/22/15. Give up sugar-sweetened beverages; remove them from school menus, and ask child-care and pre-school places to increase physical activity and screen time and avoid soft drinks. A similar biblical theme: “It would be better for you if a millstone were […]
Safety Net Successes
“Safety Net Successes,” the 2/5/14 editorial in The Christian Century, to explore how “the war on poverty has not been won – but we know some of what works.” Biblical reference: “ I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink . . . I was […]
Beyond the Boom
“Beyond the Boom” by Eric Anglada from Sojourners (August 2016). Fracture: Essays, Poems, and Stories on Fracking in America, chronicles the ecological and cultural ruptures resulting from this highly controversial phenomenon. A related biblical theme: “Do not damage the earth or the sea or the trees” (Revelation 7:3a). Read this article online or print it […]
Why Blue States are the Real ‘Tea Party’
“Why Blue States Are the Real ‘Tea Party’” by Steven Johnson from the Sunday Review of the NYT (10/4/16). “A voter in rural Wyoming has more than three times the power of a voter in New Jersey.” The Electoral College is unfair in today’s USA. A related biblical theme: “For God does not show favoritism” […]
Mothers in Prison
“Mothers in prison” by Nicholas Kristof in the Sunday review, NYT (11/27/16). “America now incarcerates eight times as many women as in 1980, and only Thailand seems to imprison women at a higher rate . . . a model program in Tulsa called Women in Recovery . . . reduces the number of women in […]
Schools that Work
“Schools That Work” by David Leonhardt from NYT (11/4/16). “While many charter schools fail, the ones with ‘high expectation, high support’ succeed.” A related biblical theme: “Be perfect, therefore as your heavenly Father is perfect” (Matthew 5:48). Read this article online or print it out at: http://nyti.ms/2elUrHs
How Kids Learn Prejudice
“How Kids Learn Prejudice” by Katherine D. Kinzler from The Sunday Review of The New York Times (10/21/16). “Children are cultural sponges: . . . Unfortunately, this includes learning your society’s explicit and implicit views of the status and worth of different social groups. . . . An association between status and group membership can […]
Good Lives Without Good Jobs
“Good Lives Without Good Jobs” by Michael Lind from The Sunday Review of the New York Times (9/18/16). “Politicians routinely promise that, if elected, they will create more good jobs, which are understood to be jobs with solid wages, regular hours and, perhaps, generous employer-provided benefits.” A related biblical theme: “. . . laborers deserve their […]
Roots of Freedom
“Roots of Freedom” by Lisa Sharon Harper from Sojouners (August 2016). “THE NATION’S FIRST blockbuster television miniseries, Roots, shocked the nation when it started airing on Jan. 23, 1977. Based on Alex Haley’s research on his own family’s story and adapted for television from Haley’s novel, Roots offered the world its first cinematic depiction of Africa and […]
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