The Debt America Refuses to Pay: Part 2

The Debt America Refuses to Pay: Part 2

The formerly enslaved population of the U.S. was given no land, no property, no money. They received no restitution for deprivations they had been forced to endure under the “rule of law” – neither have their more than 30 million descendants. The nation that...
The Last Thing You Want to Do

The Last Thing You Want to Do

I love listening to “This American Life,” just like a lot of America. It may not be the original podcast, but when the term “podcast” was invented, the radio show was already one. I have my favorite episodes – the telephone booth on a cliff in Japan where people call...
The Debt America Refuses to Pay: Part 1

The Debt America Refuses to Pay: Part 1

I am one of the more than 30 million descendants of American slavery. Our enslaved ancestors were shipped, sold, robbed, maimed, raped, murdered and otherwise wronged from 1619, when a Dutch ship named the White Lion arrived at Jamestown, Virginia, until slavery was...
How We Remember the Legend of St. Patrick Matters

How We Remember the Legend of St. Patrick Matters

I knew the story of St. Patrick was important when VeggieTales used a human to depict St. Patrick instead of their signature actor- a vegetable in their retelling of his life and ministry. He is the patron saint of a nation and a man whose life is rich with adventure...
The Human Cost of War

The Human Cost of War

The video footage of a pregnant woman being carried out of a maternity ward pulled on heartstrings around the world. Then, a day later, those same hearts were broken when it was discovered she and her unborn child died due to complications from her injuries. While we...