by Chris Sanders | May 4, 2022 | Opinion
Is the uprising at Amazon the beginning of a new labor movement? In 2020, a group of workers decided to fight back against the risks of the pandemic. Out on Staten Island, New York, they were going to work while white-collar types were staying home and ordering on...
by John D. Pierce | May 3, 2022 | Opinion
There was something notably different about the gravestones in the Myer Homestead cemetery than the markers seen in so many other burial places. Established in 1759, the cemetery — with both aging headstones and freshly turned dirt — serves as the final resting place...
by Kathleen Post | May 3, 2022 | Opinion
Religious involvement reduces suicidal ideation in most youth; for LGBTQ+ youth, religious involvement increases suicidal ideation by 38%. According to the Trevor Project, LGBTQ+ youth contemplate suicide three times more often than heterosexual youth, and they are...
by Cally Chisholm | May 2, 2022 | Opinion
My position as graduate assistant of diversity education at East Tennessee State University has opened up doors to new opportunities and connections with those different from me. It is a true gift to be provided the resources and support of staff and faculty to...
by Phil Cohen | May 2, 2022 | Opinion
In life, context is everything. Context will determine whether two historical situations which may seem parallel to each other actually share any similarity. Or, if the situations that looked similar at first – perhaps because we were guided to that notion by a voice...
by Ron Rolheiser | Apr 29, 2022 | Opinion
According to the Bible, there’s a secret that’s hidden from the amoral, known only by the virtuous. The Book of Wisdom tells us that when we are not virtuous “we do not know the hidden counsels of God, nor do we grasp the recompense of holiness, nor discern the...
