The Day-To-Day Racism That Many of Us Don't See
The Jim Crow days of the South are long behind us, but racism still rears its ugly head. Many of us, however, are oblivious to the outright ugliness that characterizes prejudice. Read More ...
Sara Powell |
Dr. Seuss Reminds Us to Care for the Least of These
Dr. Seuss has delighted children with his whimsical tales. Those same stories – such as "Horton Hears a Who!" – are drawing attention from theologians and philosophers. Read More ...
Leroy Seat |
Using Pinterest to Advance the Common Good
Pinterest has been growing in popularity since going live in 2010. And now EthicsDaily.com has created a Pinterest page to offer another way for you to advance the common good. Read More ...
Zach Dawes |
Urban Garden Produces Abundant Lessons for Students
When inner-city children plant an urban garden at school, they soon put into practice math, science and language-arts skills. And who knows what other creative ideas will sprout? Read More ...
Trevor Barton |
Newspaper Committed to Nonviolence, Social Justice
The Catholic Worker newspaper, which first published 80 years ago on May 1, was committed to nonviolence and social justice. Dorothy Day, a Catholic activist, was one of its founders. Read More ...
Leroy Seat |
We're United During Crisis, Divided During Normalcy
In times of natural disasters or heinous crimes, we unite to support others regardless of our differences. When life is normal, we are seduced to put ourselves ahead of the common good. Read More ...
Colin Harris |
Sarcasm – That Dingy White Shirt We Keep Wearing
Like a dingy white shirt that goes unnoticed because everything else is dingy, sarcasm and mockery are so prevalent in our society that we don't even associate them with evil. Read More ...
Ann Smith |
How Your Plastic Water Bottles Hurt the Planet
Roughly 50 billion plastic water bottles end up in U.S. landfills every year. With our lifestyle of convenience, we rarely stop to think about the damage we're causing. Read More ...
Grace Ji-Sun Kim |
How I Saved Energy, Money Switching to Geothermal
With electric bills rising even as our use declined, our move to a geothermal system for our home used less electricity, saved cash and was better for the environment. Read More ...
Bruce Prescott |
"Colonialism, Han and the Transformative Spirit"
We live in a global economy where we affect people in poor lands as directly as we affect the poor within our own country – and we are unaware of our culpability. Will we repent? Read More ...
Grace Ji-Sun Kim |
50 Years Later, King's Jail Letter Still Hits Home
Martin Luther King Jr. wrote "Letter from a Birmingham Jail" 50 years ago today, addressing the need for nonviolent action to overcome the nation's deeply rooted racism. Read More ...
Colin Harris |
Our Future Depends Upon Practicing Sustainability
To achieve sustainability, we must overturn and find alternatives to our basic economic assumptions. Pretending our dire situation will somehow work out does no good. Read More ...
Lucas Land |
The Invisible Poor in Your Own Back Yard
The United States is a nation of plenty, yet some of our neighbors live with so little when we have so much. Why are the poor in our own back yards so invisible to us? Read More ...
Elizabeth Evans Hagan |
Religion is Alive and Well in the U.S.
If you worry about religion's future in the U.S., you can relax. It's a brave new world for religious Americans, especially for those still connected to the church and its faith tradition. Read More ...
Keith Smith |
Using Our Website to Advance the Common Good
Social media is an increasingly important means of disseminating information. With a few clicks, you can share all the content on EthicsDaily.com's website – even from your smartphone. Read More ...
Zach Dawes |
Using Twitter to Advance the Common Good
With more than 500 million members, Twitter was 2012’s fastest-growing social media platform. Learn how you can help EthicsDaily.com advance the common good through Twitter. Read More ...
Zach Dawes |
Using Facebook to Advance the Common Good
Networking is just as crucial in the digital world as it is in the physical world. Here are some ways you can help EthicsDaily.com advance the common good through Facebook. Read More ...
Zach Dawes |
What U.S. Christians Can Learn from India, Sri Lanka
U.S. Christians betray their faith by their strident cries of "persecution" and lobbing grenades at people. The histories and politics of India and Sri Lanka could teach them something. Read More ...
Vinoth Ramachandra |
How Do We Address Issues of Systemic Injustice?
Our socioeconomic system results in the pay for some jobs being far above and others far below the national average. How do we begin to tackle this systemic injustice? Read More ...
Zach Dawes |
Do Some Christians Secretly Prefer SNL's Violent Jesus?
A "Saturday Night Live" sketch that imagines how Quentin Tarantino might do a movie about Jesus' resurrection drew protests. But this violent Jesus may be the one they prefer. Read More ...
Jerry Young |
Money Always Promises More Than It Delivers
Money can never deliver all it promises. To live our lives for no higher purpose than the pursuit of money is to turn ourselves into something less than human. Read More ...
Guy Sayles |
Helping Children Stand in Each Other's Shoes
Empathy is crucial when teaching children trapped in economic poverty. It's important to help them see things through other people's eyes and find ways to build up others. Read More ...
Trevor Barton |
5 Moral Challenges Caused by Food Injustice
Pope Benedict XVI has decried the abuse of animals in our food production. Consider these five moral challenges about how the food on our table gets there. Read More ...
Vinoth Ramachandra |
Is Watching "The Bible" Worth Your Time?
The History Channel's miniseries, "The Bible," is a well-made show about some of the more popular stories of Scripture, but the changing of details to fit an agenda is bothersome. Read More ...
Brock Ratcliff |
Mandating the Teaching of the Bible in Our Schools
Producers of a miniseries about the Bible say it's time to encourage – even mandate –teaching the Bible in public schools. But their commendable goal is not so easy to achieve. Read More ...
Brock Ratcliff |
Will Your Legacy Stand the Test of Time?
Most people care little about a fancy gravesite or an elaborate marker representing their lives, but they do want their lives to make a difference. What legacy will you leave? Read More ...
Bob Newell |
4 Ways You Can Eat More Ethically Now
A million people go to bed hungry every day, and 2 million kids die of malnutrition every year. If each of us makes small changes, it can add up to a big difference. Read More ...
Jenny Flannagan |
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