Category Archives: Social justice

Bring Them Home: A Broadway Prayer

Posted on November 9, 2023 by Jim deMaine

Thanks to Mary Jane F.

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‘I Have Your Back’: Doug Emhoff Draws on His Faith After Hamas Attack

Posted on October 23, 2023 by Jim deMaine

Mr. Emhoff, the husband of Kamala Harris, is the first Jewish spouse of a president or vice president. He has focused on providing comfort to people in pain after the Hamas attack. By Katie Rogers in the NYT Doug Emhoff has … Continue reading →

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I’m Going to War for Israel. Palestinians Are Not My Enemy.

Posted on October 14, 2023 by Jim deMaine

By Nir Avishai Cohen (Thanks to Mary Jane F.) Mr. Cohen, a major in the reserves of the Israel Defense Forces, is the author of the book “Love Israel, Support Palestine.” I was in Austin, Texas, for work on Saturday when … Continue reading →

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Former Skyline residents honored at UW

Posted on August 21, 2023 by Jim deMaine

Thanks to Mike C.

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Help for Maui residents affected by the fires

Posted on August 18, 2023 by Jim deMaine

Karen McM brought this to our attention and recommends Maui Strong as good place to consider making a donation to help. There are many other good organizations listed below.

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Native American group threatens boycott if Washington NFL team doesn’t change its name back to ‘Redskins’

Posted on August 15, 2023 by Jim deMaine

by: John Clark (thanks to Ed M.) WASHINGTON (WTVO) — The Native American Guardians Association has threatened an “Anheuser Busch (Bud Light)”-style boycott, demanding the Washington Commanders change the team name back to “Redskins.” The letter claims the Commanders are in willful denial … Continue reading →

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Juneteenth

Posted on June 18, 2023 by Jim deMaine

by Heather Cox Richardson Tomorrow is the federal holiday honoring Juneteenth, the celebration of the announcement in Texas on June 19th, 1865, that enslaved Americans were free.  On April 9, 1865, General Robert E. Lee surrendered his Army of Northern … Continue reading →

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Supreme Court rules for nursing home patient’s family, declines to limit civil rights lawsuits

Posted on June 8, 2023 by Jim deMaine

BY JESSICA GRESKO, ASSOCIATED PRESS – 06/08/23 3:08 PM ET from The Hill Thanks to Sylvia P. WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Thursday ruled for the family of a nursing home resident with dementia that had sued over … Continue reading →

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DOCTRINE OF DISCOVERY RENOUNCED

Posted on April 5, 2023 by Jim deMaine

From Ed Marcuse – April 4, 2023 Last week,3 under history’s first Latin American pontiff, the Vatican development and education offices renounced the Doctrine of Discovery1.  This papal doctrine was used to justify colonization in the name of Christianity and came to be part of … Continue reading →

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Why Poverty Persists in America

Posted on March 17, 2023 by Jim deMaine

Why Poverty Persists in By Matthew Desmond Thanks to Diana C. Published March 9, 2023 Updated March 13, 2023 in the NYT This article is adapted from Matthew Desmond’s book “Poverty, by America.” It is being published on March 21 by Crown. In the past … Continue reading →

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Holocaust survivor Francine Christophe shares her story

Posted on October 3, 2022 by Jim deMaine

Thanks to Pam P. In this video interview with Francine Christophe, a Holocaust survivor, you will learn about her experience as an eight-year-old Jewish girl at Bergen-Belsen camp. You’ll be amazed to learn about her selfless act, and the great reward that she … Continue reading →

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Theater of War

Posted on September 30, 2022 by Jim deMaine

Thanks to Ann M. PARTICIPATE IN THE LIVE HYBRID BROADCAST!     RSVP to tune in via Zoom: The Suppliants Project: Ukraine on October 3 at 7:00pm EDT   The Suppliants Project: Ukraine, Notre Dame ForumOctober 3, 20227:00 pm – … Continue reading →

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The future of Social Security – in perspective

Posted on August 14, 2022 by Jim deMaine

by Heather Cox Richardson

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A quiet hero

Posted on June 15, 2022 by Jim deMaine

Thanks to Pam P. From Wiki: Sir Nicholas George Winton MBE (born Wertheim; 19 May 1909 – 1 July 2015) was a British humanitarian who helped to rescue children who were at risk of oppression by Nazi Germany. Born to German-Jewish parents who had emigrated to Britain at … Continue reading →

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UW language guide says ‘grandfather,’ ‘housekeeping,’ ‘spirit animal’ are ‘problematic’ words

Posted on January 25, 2022 by Jim deMaine

From Fox News by Adam Sabes. Thanks to Ed M. for sending this in. Ed Note: How much does our everyday language have historical bias against those of color, those with disabilities or those with a different sex identity. At … Continue reading →

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Information on the Seattle Police

Posted on October 25, 2021 by Jim deMaine

from Mike Caplow. Scroll down for the graphs and data.

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Pete Seeger – voicing “Forever Young”

Posted on May 17, 2021 by Jim deMaine

Pete died at age 94 in 2014, an activist and musician until the end. This song was written by his friend Bob Dylan.

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While Seattle City Council dithers, thank God for police

Posted on May 8, 2021 by Jim deMaine

By John Wilcox Special to The Times On May 1, while walking along Olive Way in downtown Seattle at about 3 p.m., I heard the now common sounds of anarchists and their followers chanting, beating pans and making noise. This crowd … Continue reading →

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The most important story is not the pandemic or the border

Posted on March 26, 2021 by Jim deMaine

There is only one story today. It is not the coronavirus pandemic, although 547,000 of us have died of Covid-19, and a study today suggested that we could have avoided nearly 400,000 deaths if we had adopted masks and social … Continue reading →

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Why drug prices are so outrageous

Posted on March 15, 2021 by Jim deMaine
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Thinking of Dr. Seuss

Posted on March 7, 2021 by Jim deMaine

Thanks to Mary Jane F. Also, do liberals care if books disappear? Is there even room for discussion? Re “ Six Seuss Books Bore a Bias”  NYTimes column March 3 To the Editor: I do not like the righteous WokeI … Continue reading →

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Please tax my capital-gains profits: Washington’s crises demand it

Posted on March 2, 2021 by Jim deMaine

By Nick Hanauer – Special to The Seattle Times If you’re expecting yet another dire warning characterizing the wealth tax on capital gains making its way through Washington’s Legislature as a job killing, big government assault on freedom, you’re reading the … Continue reading →

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Women are coming

Posted on February 19, 2021 by Jim deMaine
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