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People of color have to do this work as a mater of everyday survival. And so long as they have to, who… — Tim Wise Copy Share Image
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A church must be more deeply and practically committed to deeds of compassion and social justice than traditional liberal churches and more… — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
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The settler makes history and is conscious of making it. And because he constantly refers to the history of his mother country,… — Frantz Fanon Copy Share Image
Probably, the nature of homophobia will never be widely interrogated, while we will continue to be excluded from school curricula, subjected to… — Sarah Schulman Copy Share Image
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The tragedy of Eliot Spitzer is almost Greek: Ascendant son of wealth and privilege dedicates his life to social justice, warns of… — Wil S. Hylton Copy Share Image
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The system of racial classification is fiction, and we need to thoughtfully evaluate whether perpetuating it rigidly or allowing fluidity across the… — Rachel Dolezal Copy Share Image
Education, work, and access to health care for all are key elements for development and the just distribution of goods, for the… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
Along with the fight to desegregate schools, we must desegregate the entire cultural statement of America, we must desegregate the minds of… — John Oliver Killens Copy Share Image
[Silvio] Gesell's chiefwork is written in cool and scientific terms, although it is run through by a more passionate and charged devotion… — John Maynard Keynes Copy Share Image
I want all of the work that I do to have a social justice footprint attached. I want it to move the… — Winston Duke Copy Share Image
I believe that education is the civil rights issue of our generation. And if you care about promoting opportunity and reducing inequality,… — Arne Duncan Copy Share Image
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They always threw their arms around and hugged me while crying our Yiddish endearments. Yet none of them believed in God. They… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
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New Age values are conscious evolution, a non-sectarian society, a non-military culture, global sharing, healing the environment, sustainable economies, self-determinat ion, social… — Deepak Chopra Copy Share Image
People tell me, "I'm glad you said that." But this is not a spectator sport. This is an activity that requires daily… — Bill Bradley Copy Share Image
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We can at least try to understand our own motives, passions, and prejudices, so as to be conscious of what we are… — T. S. Eliot Copy Share Image
As a lifelong pacifist, Quaker, and a gay man, I despair that gays and lesbians are expending energy trying to get into… — Ned Rorem Copy Share Image
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Yale is a crucible in American life for the accommodation of intellectual achievement, of wisdom, of refinement, with the democratic ideals of… — Benno C. Schmidt, Jr Copy Share Image
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