Buddhism is a non-theistic religion (no belief in a creator god), also considered a philosophy and a moral discipline, originating in India in the 6th and 5th centuries BCE. It was founded by the sage Siddhartha Gautama (the Buddha l. c. 563 – c. 483 BCE) who, according to legend, had been a Hindu prince before abandoning his position and wealth to become a spiritual ascetic and, finally,…
Read More What is Buddhism?Take 3 lemons which are heavy and juicy for their size. Scrub them thoroughly. Do not peel. Slice them see-through thin. Don’t use the little pointy ends. A good way to get really thin slices is to freeze the lemons, then slice them on a mandoline or the slicer side of a box grater. Put…
Read More Shaker Lemon PieBy J. Kenji López-Alt INGREDIENTS 2 teaspoons potato starch, tapioca starch, or cornstarch 4 tablespoons cold unsalted butter, cut into 1/4-inch cubes 4 eggs (see Note) Pinch of kosher salt PREPARATION (sounds weird, tastes great) In a medium bowl, whisk together starch with 1 1/2 tablespoons water until no lumps remain. Add half the butter cubes to the starch…
Read More Extra-Creamy Scrambled EggsThese are the things of which men think, who live: of their own selves and the dwelling place of their fathers; of their neighbors; of work and service; of rule and reason and women and children; of Beauty and Death and War. To this thinking I have only to add a point of view: I…
Read More DARKWATER: Voices from Within the Veil by W.E.B. DU BOISBy Jim Rendon JANUARY 12, 2021 Women of color are less likely than white women, white men, and men of color to rise to leadership positions at nonprofits, particularly large nonprofits. But beating the odds and landing the top spot often opens the door to a whole new set of problems. Women of color who lead organizations are…
Read More The Challenges of Being a Woman Leader of Color at a NonprofitJohn Waggoner, AARP, Updated January 28, 2021 You might be filling out your tax return for 2020, but you’re living in tax year 2021, and tax year 2021 has substantial differences from 2020. Your tax brackets are slightly higher, for example, as is your standard deduction. You don’t have many options for reducing your 2020 tax…
Read More Your 2021 Tax Brackets vs. 2020 Tax BracketsExecutive Summary The American religious landscape is undergoing a dramatic transformation. White Christians, once the dominant religious group in the U.S., now account for fewer than half of all adults living in the country. Today, fewer than half of all states are majority white Christian. White Christians now account for fewer than half of the…
Read More America’s Changing Religious IdentityHere are three ways to visualize the monstrous death toll of the coronavirus in this country By Artur Galocha and Bonnie Berkowitz Feb. 21, 2021 A year ago, covid-19 had killed just a handful of people in the United States. Now, the pandemic’s official death toll equals the size of a major city, more than the population of Kansas…
Read More 500,000 dead, a number almost too large to grasp“Yesterday, five board members who oversaw Texas’s power grid resigned. The Electric Reliability Council of Texas had been facing backlash after a winter storm left millions of Texans without power for days during some of the state’s coldest temperatures. The council ordered rolling blackouts to try and preserve electricity throughout the state. But it led to skyrocketing…
Read More Texas Power OutageBy Candace McDuffie, Correspondent, Christian Scientist Monitor Black feminist thought has become crucial to how we navigate the social, economic, and political currents in America. To understand the consequences of pervasive racist narratives that seep into mainstream media – as well as into public policy and legislation – we must first examine how these narratives affect one…
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Read More How to Get Back to SleepThe United States Postal Service is an independent agency of the executive branch of the United States federal government responsible for providing postal service in the United States, including its insular areas and associated states. It is one of the few government agencies explicitly authorized by the United States Constitution. The USPS can trace its origin to 1775 during the Second Continental Congress when Benjamin Franklin was appointed the first postmaster general. The Post Office…
Read More What Do You Know About the Post Office?Goaded on by her brother, who challenged what African American women could do, Bessie Coleman, became the first Black-Native American woman in the country awarded a pilot’s license. When she couldn’t find an American pilot to teach her, Coleman studied French, saved her money, solicited donors, and went to France. In 1921, after seven months…
Read More Do You Know Bessie Coleman?Aldous Pennyfarthing and Daily Kos February 08, 2021 (edited) If you had any doubt that the Trump presidency was just an elaborate four-year grift, this story should dispel your quaint Pollyannish notions. Trump’s most ardent MAGAs still think he’s going to serve a second term. That means there will have to be a second Trump inauguration. And because…
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