I’d Rather Have “It” Than Be Beautiful
I know. Everyone has their own kind of beauty. And I do, mostly, believe that. Beauty comes in all shapes and sizes, they say. And sometimes even…
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How Nonprofits Became Corporate Puppets
These day, my life revolves around nonprofit work. So when I say that there’s something terribly wrong with the way nonprofits are funded, I’m speaking about a…
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The Organization Is the Grant Proposal
Article prepared by RiverStephens.org and RiverGPT I recently met with two city officials whose work is to manage housing precarity and homelessness in both the city and…
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The Cultivation of Discernment
There’s a Zen saying: if I point out the moon to you, be careful not to mistake my finger for the moon. I think people get so…
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At This Point, Prepping Means Community Building
Do you remember a few years ago when being a prepper was all the rage? It was a cool thing to do because, clearly, the world was…
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The Diary of Anne …
January 23 They marked my identification papers today. The clerk said it was an administrative matter. Nothing to worry about. The mark doesn’t change who I am.…
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Creditism Wasn’t the Mistake. Centralizing Credit Was.
I recently came across economist Richard Duncan‘s idea of “Creditism.” His basic argument is that what we continue to call capitalism really isn’t capitalism anymore. Traditional capitalism…
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Relational Wealth; How Wealthy Are You?
Economists have a bizarrely unrealistic little character called homo economicus. He has all the necessary information, carefully weighs every possible choice, and then makes the decision that…
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The Road to Perdition
What happens when the decadence that has, for so long, lingered beneath the surface of a culture finally comes fully into view? Things once kept in the…
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Are You Compassionate?
“Most people trust that the compassion they feel for others will be acted upon by someone else, while they sit at home congratulating themselves for having felt…