🤝 Altruism

• ⚖️Power and love

  Reflecting on the interplay of power and love, Martin Luther King, Jr. provides profound insights on justice and humanity.

• 🥾The gift that keeps on giving?

  From Zac Mason, a reflection on the unintended consequences of consumer charity in Mali.

• 🎁You can’t give this stuff away

  A reflection on the challenges of altruism and trust in giving, as illustrated by two attempts to distribute money.

• 🕊️Courageous good humor

  Cory Doctorow shares how former KKK leader Johnny Lee Clary was transformed by the courageous and humorous approach of Reverend Wade Watts.

• 🚫Invest now in youth prevention!

  An exploration of societal attitudes toward youth, featuring unconventional methods to deter teenagers from certain spaces.

• ✝️Africa and missionaries, pt. 1

  In reflecting on Matthew Parris's insights, I find myself both appreciative of his observations and critical of his reasoning regarding faith's impact in Africa.

• 🔄Accept, fuse, rehabilitate

  Quoting Walt Whitman.

• 🏔️To make common cause with the losers

  An exploration of the concept of "the long defeat" and its significance in meaningful work, as interpreted by Paul Farmer and captured in Tracy Kidder's narrative.

• 🤝Friendship as a pre-existing condition

  Exploring the intersection of friendship and law, particularly in caregiving and gifts.

• 🚕Abu Ali, Shabbos Goy

  A unique interaction between cultures emerges when a Muslim taxi driver helps observant Jews on the Sabbath.

• 🍲Community kitchens in Lima, Peru

  Women in Peru unite through community kitchens, not only to feed those in need but also to empower themselves and demand change.

• 🦓Bolivia’s volunteer zebras

  A creative approach to addressing urban traffic safety issues can be seen in La Paz, Bolivia, where volunteers dressed as zebras help pedestrians cross the busy streets.

• 💍Marry or be fired!

  A top-down approach to creating that basic unit of culture making - the family.