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The duly elected Black men expelled from a state legislature—155 years ago
The expulsion of Justin Jones and Justin Pearson recalls the Original 33, expelled by Georgia’s anti-Reconstruction White majority in 1868.
by Dorothy Sanders Wells
Seeing myself in the eyes of a North Korean
As a child born in South Korea, I was taught that every North Korean is evil. As an adult, I found myself face to face with one.
by Grace Ji-Sun Kim
Us, them, and the pronouns we use
Small words can say a lot about how we see our place in the world.
by Peter W. Marty
The Spirit’s loving, life-giving, transformative power—Divine Eros—connects us, moves within us, and can heal the wounds of our division.
by April Yamasaki
In The Clash Within, Martha Nussbaum explored the capacity to entertain the other as key to a democratic society. Now she considers angry resistance to the other, bringing her usual erudite analysis and intense moral passion.
reviewed by Walter Brueggemann