Nick Gier

by Nick Gier We give police an incredible amount of trust. And they deserve an equally incredible amount of accountability when they break that trust.—Jeremiah Ellison, Minneapolis City Councilman Officers empowered to protect the public instead have been protected from the…

by Nick Gier It is our moral duty as Muslims that we take all steps necessary to safeguard ourselves and others around us from this terrible disease.—The Fiqh Council of America Protecting human life overrides almost every other Jewish value.—The Rabbinical…

by Nick Gier Guns and Lack of Trust Impede Police Reform Black people want accountability for violence, but when they have a loved one murdered, they struggle to get the police to pay attention.—Monica Bell, Yale University We give police…

3,200 New Cases Every Day from July to September The original sin was inviting the students back to campus—Michael Innis-Jimenez, University of Alabama-Tuscaloosa (2,690 cases) What we didn’t model for is that people would choose to go to a party…

by Nick Gier He never threw a brick. He never lit a match. —Rep. James Clyburn on John Lewis Ordinary people with extraordinary vision can redeem the soul of America by getting in what I call good trouble, necessary trouble.—John…

by Nick Gier The Rev. Raphael Warnock, senior pastor at Ebenezer Baptist Church and Georgia Democratic Senate candidate, gave a eulogy entitled “Let My People Go” at Rayshard Brooks’ funeral. Brooks was the black man shot in the back by…

by Nick Gier I don’t want to harm anyone. I just want to be heard. —young black protester Let me say, as I’ve always said, that riots are socially destructive and self-defeating. —Martin Luther King, “The Other America” (1967) When they…

Cover Art by Brij Kul Deepak (figure on far left is Abduhl Ghaffar Khan, sometimes known as the “Frontier Gandhi”) State University of New York Press; Series on Constructive Postmodern Thought, 2004 Summary of Book Since the publication of Alasdair…

Read also “Riding the Rails with my Dad” www.webpages.uidaho.edu/ngier/DadRR.htm. “Blue Bellies and Personality Plus: A Tribute to My Mom” www.tomandrodna.com/nick­_gier/mothertribute.pdf.   Take care of your actions because they will become habits. Take care of your habits because they will form…

Countries that took early, aggressive action, using proven methods, have severely limited the virus. —Todd Pollack, infectious disease expert I have a special affection for the people of Kerala, one of India’s 36 states on its southwest coast. During my…