“Mark my words,” I said back in July of 2017. “The closer Trump comes to impeachment, the more he’ll talk about God.” Well, guess what? Yesterday, less than 24 hours after the House voted 232 to 196 to pass a resolution setting the ground rules for his impeachment, Donald Trump, with the help of televangelist […]
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The subject of poverty finally makes its way into the presidential campaign
As I’ve mentioned before, I was born in Lexington, Kentucky, the day before Robert Kennedy arrived there to begin his tour of Appalachia. I don’t know that it explains why, over the course of my life, I’ve been so drawn to Kennedy, but it’s an odd coincidence, I think, and I find it hard to […]
Posted in Mark's Life, Politics, Uncategorized Also tagged Appalachia, assassination, Baptists, Bruce D. Meyer, budget cuts, Bush tax cuts, Christian, Christianity, Conference of Catholic Bishops, entitlements, homelessness, hunger, hunger in America, James X. Sullivan, Jesus, John Edwards, Kairos Prison Ministry International, Kentucky, Lexington, Martin Luther King, Matthew Yglesias, MLK, National Association of Evangelicals, Obama, poverty, poverty tour, Presidential politics, RFK, Robert Kennedy, Romney, social safety net, tax the rich, The Circle of Protection, wealth inequality, welfare 14 Comments
Peaches & Greens in Detroit
I haven’t done a whole lot of research into the religious organization behind this initiative to deliver fresh produce to the residents of inner city Detroit, but I’m really intrigued by today’s Associate Press article on Peaches & Greens. That’s what it’s called. And here’s a clip: …In a neighborhood served by 26 liquor stores […]
Posted in Agriculture, Detroit, Food, Health, Local Business, Other Also tagged affordable housing, Central Detroit Christian, Detroit, food desert, job training, liquor stores, Michigan Citizen, Peaches & Greens, produce 10 Comments