racism
U.S.A.I.D. – The Good and the Bad
by Rachel MacNair The Trump administration is trying to shut down the United States Agency for International Development. The courts are weighing in and developments are likely to change between the time I write this and the time you read it. The US Congress is supposed to have a say since it created the agency…
Racism and Planned Parenthood: Documentation
compiled by Rachel MacNair More documentation, including the court documents for individual lawsuits, can be found at Problems at Planned Parenthood. That website has an index page for specific problems – in addition to racism, there are health code violation documents, malpractice suits, 911 calls, sexual abuse, employee rights, etc. Planned Parenthood itself offers detailed…
Racism Kills: Several Perspectives
Quotations compiled in PowerPoint by Rachel MacNair Feel free to copy and paste any you find suitable in your social media. Keeping You & Your Kids Sexually Pure , p. 86 The Poor Cry Out for Justice, and We Respond with Legalized Abortion “Is It Too Late?” 1971 Speech of Fannie Lou Hamer …
Threats to the Unborn Beyond Abortion
by Julia Smucker The primary focus of pro-life advocacy (as conventionally understood in reference to the defense of prenatal human lives) is on opposing abortion – and rightly so, since the legalized killing of the unborn claims thousands of lives daily and is at the root of their dehumanization. Consistent life ethicists, while advocating strongly…
A Cold War Comes Home? Anti-Asian Racism in Light of US-China Hostility
by John Whitehead Racism against Americans of Asian heritage has received significant attention recently. Concerns about anti-Asian hate crimes arose last spring as the Covid-19 pandemic began to affect the United States. The horrifying murders of eight people, six of them Asian, in the greater Atlanta area in March 2021 revived concerns about bigotry toward…
Lethal from the Start: Uranium Mining’s Danger to the Most Vulnerable
by John Whitehead Nuclear weapons kill directly when they are exploded in wartime or in tests. They also kill indirectly: obtaining uranium, the metal used to produce both nuclear power and nuclear weapons, can expose people to radiation or other hazards. The results are often harmful, even lethal. As with nuclear testing, the people exposed…
“The Affairs of a Handful of Natives”: Nuclear Testing and Racism
by John Whitehead While nuclear weapons haven’t been used in war for over 75 years, they’ve still killed and hurt people. Testing of nuclear weapons exposed many to radiation, with terrible health consequences. The people harmed have frequently been from different, far less powerful, ethnic groups. Nuclear weapons’ deadly effects have combined with racial injustice….
Is the Death Penalty Unethical?
by Hannah Cox Is the death penalty unethical? For many years, this was where the debate around capital punishment began (and often ended). While it’s an important question, especially for those concerned with human ethics or coming from a religious background, it is not necessarily the proper place to start the discussion. This is a…
Police Brutality Against the Preborn
by Sarah Terzo Police brutality, which disproportionately affects Black men and women, has been in the news with the horrible deaths of Breanna Taylor and George Floyd, among others. Protests have erupted throughout the country over the past few months. Preborn babies are not exempt from dying by police violence. In fact, there have been…
Planned Parenthood Staff Revolt
by Rachel MacNair The Uprising Planned Parenthood of Greater New York (PPGNY) is one of the regional affiliates of Planned Parenthood, covering New York City and the nearby area, administering several PP centers. A June 18 Open Letter, signed by over 300 people, was published which started: The CEO of Planned Parenthood of Greater…