The Structure of Inequity and Racism in the US
Fig 1. Core structure in the US This is the central feedback loop for families in the US. We can...
Perfection – Unlocking the Imaginary Shackles
We need to talk about an aspect of our culture, a pervasive value that has impacted all of us, for...
A Warning from Madeleine Albright
One of my book groups recently read Madeliene Albright’s book, Fascism: A Warning. It was published in 2018, though much...
Self Care – Take 3 and Call Me in the Morning
The only way we are going to get through this marathon of malaise, with our well-being intact, is to practice...
Are you a Giver or a Taker?
The structure of a system, even if populated with fair-minded or generous actors can give rise to vast inequalities. ...
Reality – Yours, Mine, or Ours?
We cannot individually grasp the whole of reality, so we need one another to figure it out. One of the...
Respect – What We Mean
Vices such as boastfulness, cruelty, vulgarity, spitefulness, pettiness, dishonesty, excessive ambition, violence, and/or greed, lead me to respect a person...
Surprise, surprise
The election was (partly) about money
Educated enough to be comfortable. Comfortable enough to care more about decency than money. I was as surprised as anyone...
Laws and Practices –
Unequal Advantages
In a recent meeting held by SURJ-Boston (Stand Up for Racial Justice) and the Boston Anti-Racism Knapsack group, we talked about all the laws...
Incarceration & Health – Part IV Profits and Investment
Systems thinking tools focus on cause and effect relationships that together drive the behavior of things we care about over...
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