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April 8, 2019
Reading Evan Osnos: The Age of Ambition: Chasing Fortune, Truth, and Faith in the New China
Reading Evan Osnos: The Age of Ambition: Chasing Fortune, Truth, and Faith in the New China ©2019 by Alice Walker When I visited China in 1983 women held up half the sky. I noticed they were very tired. Guess what was happening to the other half? But they were also attractive, in a refreshing way. As I wrote read more »
April 5, 2019
Earth Song (official version) by Michael Jackson
Was this it: An awake, uncontrollable and fierce consciousness, with a planetary audience? What does it mean to love? I would rather be loved than perfect. Learning is slow. But we are doing it. Michael is helping us. Stand up. ~A.W. ¿Acaso era esto: una despierta, incontrolable y feroz conciencia, con un público read more »
March 28, 2019
Mosaic Voices Medicine of Truth
In the wake of the confusion and disappointment surrounding the initial summary of the Mueller Report, Michael Meade answers listeners’ questions about what story he would tell Congress and political leaders if asked. After pointing out that the facts can never tell the whole story, he turns to an ancient read more »
March 25, 2019
Quote of the Week: Bernie Sanders on Endless War
Quote of the Week Bernie Sanders Choosing to spend our tax money on building our nation instead of endless war is not magical thinking. Magical thinking is when you believe bombing strangers makes you safe.”
March 19, 2019
An Open Letter to Paris Jackson from Alice Walker
An Open Letter to Paris Jackson From Alice Walker Dear Daughter, Dear Paris, Dear Kindred, Take a look at this: Her lowest moment came in 1948, when a vindictive neighbor accused Hurston of sexual relations with her 10-year-old son. The charges were patently false — Hurston had been in Honduras at the time, and the read more »
March 16, 2019
Children of the World, Unite! (Global Youth Climate Strike March 2019)
Children of the World, Unite! Photo source: Nation of Change and Twitter #ClimateStrike
March 10, 2019
Women of Power: A Black Enterprise Celebration 2019
The Black Enterprise Celebration of Women of Power, 2019 I am standing between my tall beautiful niece, Ti Walker, and my shorter beautiful publicist Yona Deshommes at the recent Women of Power Legacy Gathering in Las Vegas. It was wonderful! Though I found the tiny bit I saw of Las Vegas somewhat alarming, but in read more »
March 8, 2019
March 8, 2019 ~ A Blessing for International Women’s Day
March 8, 2019 A Blessing for International Women’s Day by Alvaro Chavarin (See Other People’s Everything recent post) See also, A New Greeting for Humanity (Looks Old!), posted on International Women’s Day 2019
New Greeting for Humanity (looks old!)
New Greeting for Humanity (looks old!) A New Greeting for Humanity to Replace Hello Copyright©2019 by Alice Walker A new greeting for humanity to replace hello: recognizing we have been tortured, for the most part, into our present state: “I love you forever, and unconditionally.” The task: To work our way toward it.
March 6, 2019
Medicine Art: The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind a film by Chiwetel Ejiofor. *****
Medicine Art: The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind Copyright 2019©by Alice Walker Medicine art has a way of showing up just when you need it most. And so it is with this great film that lets us see man and woman mother and father children and teachers a chief, and politicians, as who read more »
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