In May 2021, it was a small news byline. The Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME, Inc.) started buying and selling water futures in California. Pro-capitalism voices say this will provide information about the future of water...
Fig 1. Core structure in the US The causal feedback structure above is the primary driver of inequities in the US. This is the central feedback loop for families in the US. We can start...
We need to talk about an aspect of our culture, a pervasive value that has impacted all of us, for our whole lives. Perfectionism. If we were lucky, it first happened in our early school...
One of my book groups recently read Madeliene Albright’s book, Fascism: A Warning. It was published in 2018, though much of it written before Donald Trump was elected to the presidency. While it didn’t succinctly...
The only way we are going to get through this marathon of malaise, with our well-being intact, is to practice self care. “Yeah, it’s tough out there.” “No,” I said, “Income less than expenses make...
The structure of a system, even if populated with fair-minded or generous actors can give rise to vast inequalities. For the last several years, I’ve had the opportunity to work with the gifted faculty...
We cannot individually grasp the whole of reality, so we need one another to figure it out. One of the most important things to do now is to learn to listen to one another. Suspect...
Vices such as boastfulness, cruelty, vulgarity, spitefulness, pettiness, dishonesty, excessive ambition, violence, and/or greed, lead me to respect a person less. I’ve been thinking about respect lately. I think people have pretty different working definitions....
Educated enough to be comfortable. Comfortable enough to care more about decency than money. I was as surprised as anyone about the outcome of the election. I should have seen the clues. I’m from rural...
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 and practices that have led to structural racism throughout our history. This is the list...
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