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  1. Buying Access in Public Schools, Humans’ Capacity for Violence, Interview with Monica Patton School bus
    10 Oct 2002 … This episode considers whether our schools should be helping companies sell products to our kids, and tries to understand the horror and violence that is an undeniable part of the human experience. Continue reading
  2. The Republic of Rogue Island Kings County Court House (now a public library) where Rhode Island voted against ratifying the Constitution in 1790. (Photo by Wikimedia Commons)
    7 Jul 2017 … When delegates from the United States met at Philadelphia in the summer of 1787 to reform their constitution, one state went unrepresented. Rhode Island — the smallest and least populous of the 13 rebel colonies — was undergoing its own Continue reading
  3. Sister Simone Campbell on What Drives ‘Nuns on the Bus’ Sister Simone Campbell waves as she steps off the bus in Ames, Iowa, June 2012 (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)
    6 Jun 2012 … Sister Simone Campbell talks about their mission and its connection to Catholicism. Continue reading
  4. If You Want to Convert a Climate Skeptic, Don’t Talk About Science Katherine Hayhoe at Union Theological Seminary.
    4 Apr 2016 … This Earth Day is particularly meaningful: Leaders and diplomats from 170 countries around the world are meet in New York, promising to cut their fossil fuel consumption and tackle climate change by signing the Paris climate agreement. Despite its shortcomings, Continue reading
  5. If Obamacare Critics Win High Court Case, Residents of Some States Will Be Devastated Welcome to Tennessee sign
    3 Mar 2015 … If the Supreme Court rules in favor of the plaintiffs in 'King v. Burwell,' nowhere will the effect be more stark than along the 400-mile border between two states, Tennessee and Kentucky. Continue reading
  6. Trump’s Signals to White Supremacists Aren’t Dog Whistles. They’re Flares. On Saturday, Aug. 12, 2017, a veritable who's who of white supremacist groups clashed with hundreds of counter-protesters during the "Unite The Right" rally in Charlottesville, Virginia. (Photo by Michael Nigro/Pacific Press/LightRocket via Getty Images)
    9 Sep 2017 … “They may not be ready for the Ku Klux Klan yet, but as anti-white hatred escalates, they will.” That was Rachel Pendergraft, a spokeswoman for the political arm of the Ku Klux Klan (yes, this exists), talking last year about Continue reading
  7. Rethinking Employment in the Biden-Harris Era
    3 Mar 2021 … And my own looming job crisis. Continue reading
  8. It’s About Time A delegate holds up a sign on the third day of the Democratic National Convention at the Wells Fargo Center, July 27, 2016 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images)
    7 Jul 2016 … We’ve been waiting for this a long time. Correction: working for it. Back in 1970, during spring training of the Charlie Brown All-Stars baseball team, Lucy of the “Peanuts” comic strip calmly let an easy pop-fly drop to the ground, Continue reading
  9. The American Heroes of Social Justice Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. marches in a line of men with arms linked during the March on Washington. August 1963. (AP Photo)
    3 Mar 2012 … Author Peter Dreier explains some of his selections for 100 Greatest Americans of the 20th Century: A Social Justice Hall of Fame. Continue reading
  10. As the School Year Ends, the Future of Public Education Is in Jeopardy School bus
    6 Jun 2015 … Communities — from urban, mostly black and brown districts, to conservative, rural areas — are rising up against budget cuts and the threat of school closures. Continue reading