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an internet mailbox to keep 1,162 km at bay

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Identity Theft: The cost of pursuing the American dream.

VICKI ZHANG | collage by EMMA DAJSKA

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Marc Chagall - Blue Lovers, 1914 

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you cannot change any society unless you take responsibility for it, unless you see yourself as belonging to it and responsible for changing it.

Grace Lee Bogs via https://www.colorlines.com/articles/10-quotes-celebrate-life-revolutionary-activist-grace-lee-boggs

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Disposable Youth

Youth in America are no longer seen as a social investment but a liability. A soft war ensures they are carpet-bombed with consumer culture. A hard war of zero tolerance in schools creates "punishment creep" in the courts. Drawing on his book, Disposable Youth, scholar Henry Giroux speaks at the Spur lecture in Toronto about how America is abandoning its youth.

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(via I Was Invited to See the Pope Arrive at the White House and Made It a Moment of Trans Visibility)

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On Suey Park

”She attends church regularly, and keeps a finger on the pulse of Chicago’s faith-based activism. Frank Yamada, president of Chicago’s McCormick Theological Seminary, called Park a “post-evangelical evangelical with a very strong commitment to justice, but who is also claiming and reclaiming the discourses of post-colonial thought and feminist theology.” She is someone with all of the spirited zest of American evangelicalism, plus the added fire of an anti-colonial racial justice advocate. In short: a person with no clear home in the American evangelical tapestry.” from http://www.newrepublic.com/article/121861/suey-parkof-cancelcolbert-fame-has-stopped-fighting-twitter

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Wendell Berry expounds on gay marriage

A Kentucky farmer, essayist, writer and activist, sometimes described as a modern-day Thoreau, criticizes theological strategies used to marginalize g...

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Why academia needs emotional, passionate women

‘Feeling passionate about your research is essential and yet, traditionally, academic work should be rational, methodological, and dispassionate’

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At a time—at least in Canada—when having an active faith is considered a liability for politicians, Elizabeth May stands out for being openly Anglican.