“To A Siberian Woodsman”
Wendell Berry’s thoughts and works consistently transcend politics, spirituality, and environment. His provocative poem “To a Siberian Woodsman” imagines the life of a man on the other side of the...Read More
Window Swap
“WindowSwap is here to fill that deep void in our wanderlust hearts by allowing us to look through someone else's window, somewhere in the world.” Although this website was designed...Read More
Chanell Stone Infuses Human-Made Environments in Nature Photography
Chanell Stone is breaking through an age-old tradition of viewing "nature" as environments untouched by humanity. Rooted in racism, preservationists like Theodore Roosevelt mistook the forests nurtured by Indigenous peoples...Read More
Counter Mapping
Jim Enote is a traditional Zuni farmer seeks to honor the culture and history of place by challenging conventional approaches to mapping. The result reveals a rich tapestry of natural...Read More
Border Nation
The short film "Border Nation" begins with the following quotation by J.B. Harley, Geographer, “As much as guns or warships, maps have been the weapons of imperialization.” The border separating...Read More
“The House of Belonging”
David Whyte has lived on three continents and has led tours in places like the Galapagos Islands, the Amazon, Andes, and Himalaya. This poem visits nowhere exotic. Instead, it evokes...Read More
Empowering Young People to Rebuild Homes
While so many high schools manufacture students to leave their city for college, some are empowering students to transform the place that raised them. The Build-UP program teaches high school...Read More
How the Beaches of the South Got There
As many families across the country (including my own) head to the beach to celebrate the holidays. Many beach towns in the South were originally Black farming communities. This change...Read More
The Metaverse Is Bad
Behemoth technology firms with unfathomable financial resources are creating a different kind of community, relatedness, and interconnection. It’s one that allows us to hide from those we oppose, display an...Read More
Quarantine for Decades
College Professor and consultant Brodie Theis reflects on the digitizing of our human and societal connections. While our lives transpire more and more in the Metaverse, what happens to our...Read More
The Severe Health Consequences of Housing Instability
Studies reveal that housing instability and heavy rent burdens lead to a long list of devastating health problems, psychological and physical. Healthcare systems have found that when they invest in...Read More
What Is Trauma-Informed Design?
Communities are building shelters and supportive housing designed to help residents heal from all kinds of trauma. How can we design spaces for recovery that promote feelings of well-being, safety,...Read More
A Foreigner’s Home
As many of us return home to celebrate family and gratitude according to our cultural traditions, Toni Morrison's essay "A Foreigner's Home" poses a fascinating question. "To what do we...Read More
“On Coming Out”
Home is a series of concentric circles, with our bodies at the center. In many places, and for many people, their bodies do not feel like home. Not simply because...Read More
Healing: Where Racial Reconciliation Starts
Last weekend, I had the pleasure of hearing Dr. Chanequa Walker-Barnes speak at the Confronting Whiteness summit in Charlotte, North Carolina. Dr. Walker Barnes is a womanist theologian with a...Read More
Common Good Podcast: A Conversation on Freedom and Friendship
David Cayley is a friend of the Common Good Collective, scholar, and an accomplished author. He sat down with Peter Block and John McKnight to talk about his latest book,...Read More
“Veterans of the Seventies”
Veterans Day is tomorrow, November 11th, and this year has been especially hard for those who have served in the US military. Poet Marvin Bell wrote often about war and...Read More
Growing Food and Latino Culture in Tucson’s Barrio Centro
"Barrio Centro sprawls next to a highway and sits directly beneath the flight path of Davis-Monthan Air Force Base." This description fits many Black and brown neighborhoods across the country; surrounded...Read More
Black Farmers Once Again Seek Justice
How do you put a price on home? On land? On community? Reporter Kali Halloway writes a thorough update on the fates of the Pigford families, who's lives and livelihoods...Read More
CVS Endangers Disability Rights in Supreme Court Case
Our disabled family have had an especially difficult time over the last year and a half. The case of CVS vs. Doe could make life exponentially harder.
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Democracy Dies in Silence
"Elections have consequences," is a truism that has proved its veracity consistently over the last several years — and particularly during the pandemic. As we approach Election Day, Adam Serwer's...Read More
Home Again, Home Again
In just a few short decades, the realities of Millennials have been turned upside-down by multiple once-in-a-lifetime crises. Many have found themselves "home again", departing from societal expectations and rooting...
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