Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr,. always asked us to recount the Janus-faced truth of American history – the brilliant ideas and the egalitarian vision; and the pathologies of inequality, racism and exploitation – as a intertwined dialectic that… Continue Reading
Today the New York Times published an eloquent, powerful op-ed (“For Those Who Wish to Fight Back but Don’t Know How“) by Jonathan Eig, author of the magnificent 2024 biography King: A Life. Eig’s essay begins by evoking… Continue Reading
Dear friends: I encourage everyone to join tens of thousands of Israelis, Palestinians and people of good will all over the world for the 20th Israeli-Palestinian Joint Memorial Ceremony, co-hosted by Combatants for Peace and the Parents… Continue Reading
“Start a revolution, shake things up. The world is deaf; you have to open its ears.” Pope Francis to French civil society activists, 2021. Pope Francis, an apostle of nonviolence, called us to listen and to see.… Continue Reading
Yesterday I joined thousands of concerned people the Hands Off demonstrators in downtown Los Angeles to protest the massive corruption and graft of the Trump regime; the evisceration of federal agencies established by Congress to protect the general welfare;… Continue Reading
We live in a new era. Here in our beloved country, a heartless, anti-democratic regime imposes its will with debased authority, corrupt self-dealing, and extreme cruelty. When we have the stomach to look at our news feeds,… Continue Reading
Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. at the Ebenezer Baptist Church, Atlanta Georgia From Martin Luther King, Jr., “The American Dream,” Sermon Delivered at Ebenezer Baptist Church, July 4, 1965 “This morning I would like to use as… Continue Reading
Rabbi Joachim Prinz, March on Washington, August 28, 1963, next to Bayard Rustin, Jr. PC-3551. American Jewish Archives, Cincinnati, Ohio. “The subterranean stream of Western history has finally come to the surface and usurped the dignity of our… Continue Reading
Elon Musk at the second inauguration of President Donald Trump, January 20, 2025 After volunteering to serve as a U.S. Marine in Vietnam, John Kelly engaged a life of service throughout a distinguished military career. Between July 31, 2017… Continue Reading
Note: This is an expanded version of a talk I gave to the Western Regional division of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA Region 9) on January 15, 2025. Following my remarks, it was a privilege to engage in a… Continue Reading
