Violence to Non-violence: Transforming America from the Inside Out
Our enlightened ideals have always been accompanied by a violent streak, like an unholy double helix that is part of America's DNA.
Israel and Palestine: The Tragedy of Unprocessed Trauma
Love gives no one victory in battle; it lifts us above the battlefield.
Authoritarianism vs. Democracy
It doesn't matter whether the enemies of democracy are foreign or domestic, born of a global virus or an all-American homegrown authoritarianism, let our generation be no less prepared than any other to take them on.
Moral Questioning and the American War Machine
The military is so much a part of the way we function that those born since 9/11 have grown up never having known an America not at war.
Too Little, Too Slow, Too Late is Not an Option
Perhaps if enough of us pre-emptively grieve, then enough of us will pre-emptively act.
The United States of Oligarchy
More and more Americans on both the left and right now realize that our democracy has turned into an oligarchy.
Take Their Calls, Mr. President, But Don't Take Their Bait
Whether it's Republicans who don't want you to help anyone—or Democrats who want you to help as many as you can but make sure you don't upset the neoliberal order—take their calls, of course, but be careful not to take their bait.
America's Repair
The wisdom we most need at this point will come not from looking at any portion of a corrupted political system to save us. It will come first from looking at ourselves.
Jupiter, Saturn and the Benjamin Franklin Conjunction
Now is not the time to lock any doors to either perception or understanding; we should certainly not be discounting ancient sources of knowledge out of hand.
America's Crisis of Adulthood
Are we ready to exchange our prolonged adolescence for the mantle of a mature adult generation, released at last from our obsessive attachments to things that don't ultimately matter?
A Revolution of Love
Americans didn't get what any of us would have wanted this year, but in many ways we got what we needed.
A Battle for the Soul of the Democratic Party
Joe Biden's win is not a healing; it's a reprieve. Now, not later, is the time to make that very clear both to ourselves and to him.
The Origins of America's Mental Health Crisis
It's no wonder that a soulless economic and political system that disregards the well-being of its people produces chronic anxiety and despair.
America's Cold Civil War
A tremendous battle will be waged on November 3. Individually and collectively, we the people must now step in. No one is going to save us but ourselves.
America's Karma
We have to take full responsibility for the thoughts and actions that led us here. Then, and only then, will we be on the path to recovery.
America's Cults of Madness
We have a collective mental health issue that has poisoned our country's soul.
America's Unity in Diversity
We must get over the idea that someone has to agree with us, or be the same age as us, or look like us or love like us, to be one with us.
If We Want a Prosperous America Tomorrow, Take Care of Our Children Today
In the richest nation in the world, millions of children are hungry, homeless and showing signs of PTSD. None of this is necessary, and all of it is an indictment of a society on the verge of losing its soul.
Only After Reparations Can America Heal and Move On
If you've been kicking people to the ground for centuries, you owe more to them than merely to stop kicking. You owe it to them to help them get back up.
Respond to Coronavirus With More Globalism
We need to band together more than ever, argues Marianne Williamson
