Our Domestic Imperial Climate
Of the many barriers to a climate of justice, few appear as difficult to overcome as the contempt for the rule of law that we are...
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Marvin T. Brown
May 9
The Principle of Coherence and Conflicting Memories
In a liberal household and even in a liberal society, we tend to let each other keep their memories, even when we disagree. Most of us...
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Marvin T. Brown
Apr 23
The Taking of America
Is the United States in or of America? Maybe a strange question, but perhaps one that can shed some light on our climate of injustice...
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Marvin T. Brown
Mar 12
Christian Zionism and American “Civil Religion”
It could be that our government continues to ship bombs to Israel because we, like Israel, are a settler nation. In different ways...
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Marvin T. Brown
Aug 28, 2023
Three Images of our Federal Government
It seems abundantly clear that we cannot adequately address the climate crisis without the appropriate government policies and...
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Marvin T. Brown
Jul 20, 2023
The trouble with Christian Nationalism
What’s troubling about Christian Nationalism is not only its arrogance, but also its withdrawal from reality. At least that seems to be...
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Marvin T. Brown
Mar 15, 2023
Is America a Nation without a Country?
The highly regarded writer and activist, Wendell Berry, thinks so. In his latest book, The Need to be Whole: Patriotism and the History...
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Marvin T. Brown
Feb 22, 2023
America’s Soul and The Climate of Injustice
When Joe Biden spoke of saving “America’s soul” on the campaign trail, I hoped it was a temporary lapse, but it seems I was wrong. He...
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Marvin T. Brown
Oct 3, 2022
It’s Story Time
As we approach the mid-terms, more than one commentator has framed the key question as “who controls the narrative.” One might think that...
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Marvin T. Brown
Jul 4, 2022
Whose History is Upon Us?
Whose history is upon us? Right now, the history of white America seems to have gained control of the Supreme Court and much of public...
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Marvin T. Brown
Mar 1, 2022
Ukrainian Resistance and American Memories
What does watching the pain and resistance of Ukrainian civilians trigger for you? What do you remember? American memory, of course, is...
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Marvin T. Brown
Feb 17, 2022
A Civilian’s Conditions
Much of A Climate of Justice is about civilians. I learned about the significance of civilians in thinking about creating a climate of...
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Marvin T. Brown
Jul 14, 2021
Resetting our American Thermostat
Did you ever wonder what prevents us from moving closer to a climate of justice—a social predisposition for fairness? Could it be a kind...
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Marvin T. Brown
Mar 10, 2021
Reflections after 50 posts
When I started this blog, I thought my book, Climate of justice, An Ethical Foundation for Environmentalism, would appear sometime in...
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Marvin T. Brown
Jan 27, 2021
Better or Different
If something is going in the wrong direction, the worst thing you can do is to “make it better.” Ok, “Build Back Better” Is better than...
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Marvin T. Brown
Jan 11, 2021
Our choice: Unity or Justice
The essential contribution of African Americans in the election of Joe Biden and in the election of Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff...
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Marvin T. Brown
Dec 8, 2020
The Resiliency of Evil
What happened? Wasn’t Trump and his cohorts supposed to disappear after Biden won the election. I imagined them playing golf and then...
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Marvin T. Brown
Nov 1, 2020
Should we stop using the “P” word?
We know the “N” word is out-of-bounds in most conversations, what about the “P” word? As you may have read, the voters of Rhode Island...
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Marvin T. Brown
Jul 22, 2020
Does America have a Soul?
There’s a battle going on, that’s for sure, but is it for the “Soul of America” as Joe Biden has suggested? Let’s do what we can to get...
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Marvin T. Brown
Feb 25, 2020
The Clash of Stories on the National Mall
The Museum for African American History and Culture has six floors, and most people start their visit, as I did, by taking an elevator...
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