Somewhere in between the excruciating contractions that, after about twenty hours, led to my beautiful daughter, Zipporah, being born a few weeks ago, my wife began to curse Eve. According to the biblical account, after Adam and Eve sinned by disobeying God’s command, God punished Eve—and womankind after her—declaring that he would make “pains in […]Continue Reading →
Guest Blog by: Christopher D. Cook This blog was originally posted on Alternet.org. It is reprinted with permission from the author. The original post can be found here. Cesar Chavez, the champion of farmworkers’ rights who gets his annual day of state recognition Saturday, March 31, must be rolling in his grave. It’s […]Continue Reading →
This week, Americans celebrate Thanksgiving. Most of us do so by eating all kinds of food like turkey, mashed potatoes, stuffing, green bean casserole, pumpkin pie and many other things. Sometimes, in the midst of the eating, we forget the goal of the day: to be grateful. This Thanksgiving, I’ll be thanking God for […]Continue Reading →
“Three Florida fruit-pickers, held captive and brutalized [sic] by their employer for more than a year, finally broke free of their bonds by punching their way through the ventilator hatch of the van in which they were imprisoned. Once outside, they dashed for freedom” (The Independent, 2007).Continue Reading →
