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We all celebrate this day in one way or another. A thought. A visit. A gift or card. To all the mothers all over the world, we celebrate...

I knew Anne Braden from the mid 1970’s until her death in March 2006. Of course, I knew of her before then. She was an icon of the Civil...

“Cynicism is the greatest barrier to love. It is rooted in doubt and despair.” —Bell Hooks, All About Love I remember this Advent most...

I think often these days about white progressive types who feel they are "beyond racism" and move on to other matters closer to their own...

In many ways it was a typical New Orleans event. People from all over the city were gathered for the ribbon-cutting of the...

Jesus went up the mountain to have some time alone. He was attracting more and more attention and his audience was changing—larger, more...

PISAB Organizing with New Orleans’ St. Thomas Residents Council The People’s Institute has a set of principles that were developed some...

I knew Bob Moses. I met him several times over the years. This was often at a SOC (Southern Organizing Committee) or a meeting on Voter...

Margery Freeman is a veteran educator who has taught for decades in the public and non-profit worlds. That teaching experience has...

In the innovative podcast FOOD FOR THE FUTURE, Lindsey from the World Food Forum and Sara from Kitchen Connection chat with change makers...

Noted author/historian, anti-racism educator/activist and truth-teller, Rev. David Billings discusses his best-selling book, Deep Denial:...

David Billings, is a CORE trainer with the People's Institute for Survival and Beyond (www.pisab.org). In this video he delivers...

As the specter of the trial of George Floyd’s murderer looms over America, I wonder what it takes to preserve basic rights when it comes...

Sometime in the early 1980’s I met the Rev. Daniel Buford. I was walking down a hallway at Antioch College, inside one of its buildings,...

Two weeks ago, Eric Kaufmann's op-ed in the New York Times ("The Democratic Coalition is at Risk”) examined trends away from the...

Diana Dunn came into our lives in 1984, when she and her infant daughter Myisha moved into our home in Englewood, New Jersey. Her husband...

I woke up this morning with my mind on Antifa. Can anyone out there tell me what Antifa is? Does anyone know Antifa? Is Antifa an...

White is a specious concept like race itself. It is wholly political and one of the primary building blocks of white supremacy in a race...

What does it mean to live as an antiracist white family? This 90-minute storytelling session with David Billings, Margery Freeman, and...

We, White People, Depend on Racism in our Everyday Lives.  Is there an Alternative? Last March as the pandemic was beginning to reach our...