social justice

All photos by Keegan Hamilton and Nick Lucchesi.

From a post at Impagination

I’ve just finished a review of the LIS literature on public libraries and the homeless for my research methods class. One striking thing I noticed is the dearth of empirical research conducted on issues specific to homeless public library patrons, despite the potential for valid, authoritative data to strengthen the claims of social justice advocates and bring both

James Carroll's Boston Globe op-ed on the behalf of secular rules to protect faith-based organizations has got discussion at Tennessee's religious liberty/church & state forum going.  Charles Sumner comments:

Santa Fe, NM Mayor David Coss, who has had bad experiences in his community with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) "collateral captures," is shepherding

Ginger Snaps chronicles her journey from the theocratic right to the center left:

A white chick, a black dude, and a midget walk into a bar…

I was wandering the streets Thursday and Friday, and discovered something odd. In covering Wednesday's abandoned HUD house takeover by the Nashville Homeless Power Project, some individuals mistakenly believed that because I was writing the newspaper article for the Contributor, this effort somehow equated me with being a full-fledged supporter of the event.

I have been repeatedly asked by many about my feelings regarding Wednesday's abandoned HUD house takeover by the Nashville Homeless Power Project because some folks seem to mistakenly believe that simply because I am writing the newspaper article for the Contributor, that somehow equates me with being a full fledged supporter of the event. I want to set the record straight here.