... in their middle years. These circumstances constitute “middle ageism,” a form of prejudice that is an under-recognized crisis. Creative Commons/Vincent van Gogh People who lose jobs at midlife “stay unemployed longer and earn much less afterward,” the author writes. Those who fail to re-enter the workforce...

... anniversary of the publication of The Theory of Moral Sentiments ; in an introduction to a new edition of the book, Sen emphasized the renewed relevance of Smith’s earlier work in the debates over the future of capitalism spawned by the global economic crisis. “It would be … hard to carve out from [Smith’s...

... of us at least—are loving people with big hearts and empathic natures and a desire to be instruments of healing and change. We are imaginative and inquisitive and have the capacity to hold many (sometimes too many) truths at once. But as we sort through the crisis in our midst, we must break free from...

... of liberal capitalists and details some of the psychological crisis it generates. David Ray Griffin not only provides a full description of the challenge human life faces with the climate crisis and why it has not been adequately addressed, but also the processes by which global warming could still...

... are the forces of Mara, the personification of the great power that serves illusion, ignorance, and division. Mara is similar to the Satan of Abrahamic religions: an adversarial tempter who accuses and seduces. Today these forces are the voices that dull our awareness of climate crisis, undermine our courage...

... Copyright © Tikkun magazine 2016 A lthough the media and political leaders want to pretend that what came out of the Paris climate talks is a huge advance, those with more understanding of the actual realities of the environmental crisis facing the human race realize that those steps seem...

... A Crisis of A Crisis of Prosperity...

..., the more durable terventions will likely accelerate the crisis. Thus, for sheer prag­ our commitment to the land will be. Our institutional structures matic reasons, hum anity’s technological genius needs to be and spiritual practices, therefore, may need to be fundamentally guided...

..., at the critical moment, could literally do wonders in creating the psychological basis for peace. ■ UriAvnery is chair of Gush Shalom, the pre-eminent peace activist organization in Israel. Peter Barnes on How to Solve the Climate Crisis n 1934, President...

... the Church Embraced What Jesus Rejected (Second-Fifth Centuries). These two pamphlets from indie poetry presses in the UK showcase how poets across the pond have been responding to the Syrian Civil War, the confrontation with the West staged by ISIS, the refugee crisis that has arisen...