Acts of Hope

Today, behind the mourners in public places, the rescuers, the demonstrators, the loud speakers, there are --always, still-- those who cle...

My Liberal Identity You are a Working Class Warrior , also known as a blue-collar Democrat. You believe that the little guy is g...

My friend Luiz Coelho has made his Stations of the Cross of Globalization available as a free download. You can find the download link here ...

A good Labor Day essay by my friend Algernon D'Ammassa. The punctuation problems, by the way, are courtesy of his editor; they're n...

I just didn't have anything new to say about it. I do have lilies of the valley in my garden, though. What's the connection between ...

The title of this post comes from here . I remembered it because once again I am here on a Friday night, watching Bill Moyers with my paren...

... Mid-semester grades are due at 8:30 a.m. on the college registrar's secure website...

The recent dis-invitation from the University of San Diego will not hurt Rosemary Radford Ruether personally or professionally; she is int...

Okay, foodies, here is a little social responsibility post. We loves us our Trader Joe's, but as Quaker Dave points out, isn't the l...

Meanwhile, Harvard Magazine has discovered the gap between the rich and the poor... Worth the read, though, in the July issue. Here .

... according to the Daily Office of the Episcopal Church. For the kingdom of heaven is like a landowner who went out early in the morning t...

Dear prayer posse out there, Please pray for Robyn Few . I met Robyn in the Bay Area when she was founding SWOP-USA, the Sex Workers Outreac...

A year ago according to the secular calendar I was pondering labor and lilies of the valley. And, in another post, honoring Mother Jones . ...

When I was Social Justice Minister at Boston's Paulist Center , a welcoming and lively Catholic community, back in the 1980s, I preached...

Click to enlarge and see detail. Photos: Jane Redmont

There is a major strike which has completely disrupted the city. Read about the practicalities and the politics here . Thank you, BBC.

Latest is in this from this story in The Guardian . The Gap is investigating now. Here's a related story, same day, same publication, o...

Well, hurrah. Domestic workers --the mostly immigrant women who clean your houses, diaper your babies, take care of your children, cook your...

Janinsanfran has posted some good Labor Day images (with song) and updates . Have a look and a listen. Solidarity forever. Which reminds m...

This organization , one of my favorites, has been around for a decade and a half (it used to be called the Interfaith Committee for Worker J...