Voices Stories by William Loren Katz
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How Christmas became an anti-slavery holiday
Before it came to a rousing commercial success, the Christmas holiday had a checkered history. In the American colonies, it was a holiday marked by heavy drinking and brawls. But as the bitter struggle over human bondage in the United States heated up in the 19th century, a determined band of anti-slavery Christian activists shaped the holiday into one devoted to the prince of peace and steadfast enemy of oppression. more>
Albert Einstein, Paul Robeson and Israel
At a moment when so much of the world decries the shockingly senseless, destructive militarism of the Israeli state and demands protection of the sacred human rights of Palestinian people, the historic relationship between Jewish people and Zionism requires re-examination. more>