Topeka, the state capital of Kansas, is fertile ground for radical, faith-based experiments. In the early 1900s, it was the site of a small Bible school that asked students to forsake all for intense sessions of prayer, Bible study and speaking in tongues. That school was the soil in which Pentecostalism germinated and became one of the fastest-growing faith traditions in the modern world.
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If ever there was someone overdue for a biopic, it’s Pablo Neruda—a globally beloved Nobel-winning poet who was also a defiant leftist crusader, who also, persecuted by his fascist government, became a spy-like fugitive in his own nation, eventually escaped the massive manhunt on horseback across the Andes and then lived on for another quarter-century as one of the world’s most famous Socialists. And, of course, who also wrote love poems that ring in the hearts of millions, many of whom quote him from memory but know no other poetry. Читать дальше...
At Donald Trump’s tech summit Wednesday in New York, perhaps the most noticeable absence was Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey. It’s especially odd considering how often Trump takes to Twitter—at all hours of the day. The reason Dorsey wasn’t invited, according to Trump adviser Sean Spicer, was because the conference table “was only so big.” A quip from Trump during the meeting suggested that companies left off the invite list were simply “too small” for inclusion. (Twitter has a market capitalization of... Читать дальше...
A version of this post first appeared at TomDispatch.
The long national nightmare that was the 2016 presidential election is finally over. Now, we’re facing a worse terror: the reality of a Trump presidency. Donald Trump has already promised to nominate a segregationist attorney general, a national security adviser who is a raging Islamophobe, a secretary of education who doesn’t believe in public schools, and a secretary of defense whose sobriquet is “Mad Dog.” How worried should we be... Читать дальше...
This post first appeared at BillMoyers.com.
Imagine that a day or two before Donald Trump’s inauguration, Hillary Clinton, as the candidate who received the greatest number of votes—and after a period of personal reflection and evaluation—addresses the nation.
My Fellow Americans:
On Friday, January 20th, Donald Trump will be inaugurated as the 45th president of the United States. As mandated by our Constitution, he received a majority of the votes in the Electoral College... Читать дальше...