A crucified God is not the status quo, and it is isn’t made into the acceptable, the intellectually palatable, by the proclamation of the resurrection.
US Politics
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Army Corps blocks route of Dakota Access oil pipeline
The decision is a victory for the several thousand camped near the construction site.
Posted inDispatches, Politics & Society
Ohio State attacker was briefly a Catholic Charities client in Dallas
Authorities today were still trying to ascertain a motive for the attack.
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Native American spirituality is sustaining the anti-pipeline protest
The Lakota prayer over water has become a rallying cry in the mass action to prevent the construction of a crude oil pipeline near their reservation.
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Fight for $15 plans labor actions in 340 cities on Nov. 29
The campaign is demanding better pay, beginning with a hike of the federal minimum wage to $15 an hour. It is currently a paltry $7.25 and has not budged in seven years.
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Celebration, sorrow mingle after death of Fidel Castro
Within half an hour of the Cuban government’s announcement Saturday of the death of the 90-year-old revolutionary leader, cheers were heard in Miami’s Little Havana.
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Cuba’s Fidel Castro, who defied US for 50 years, dies at 90
Castro’s reign over the island-nation 90 miles from Florida was marked by the U.S.-backed Bay of Pigs invasion in 1961 and the Cuban Missile Crisis.
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Future Post-Truth: What happens when lying is just practical politics?
What is to be done? The world is full of anger.
Posted inFaith, In All Things
How one of the most controversial priests of the ’60s sees God today
‘The universe is God’s workplace, and creation is an ongoing project.’
Posted inEditorials, Politics & Society
Our appetite for fake news does real harm to U.S. democracy
Our appetite for fake news does real harm to U.S. democracy