Reading Time: 3 minutes They want you quiet and compliant.
They would rather burn you at the stake than let you heal BECAUSE a healed woman cannot be controlled.
She is wild.
She is no longer for sale.
She is a force of nature.
Confluence
Reading Time: 2 minutes Look, if you are bringing hustle culture to your spiritual practices, you are going to need to unfuck your spirituality if you want anything meaningful from it. Hustle culture is a pile of steaming capitalism fueled by the patriarchy and all your insecurities. Spirituality should not look like bad capitalist cosplay.
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We have to start examining our spirituality because many of us are camping out on a slippery alt-right slope.
by Confluenceby ConfluenceReading Time: 4 minutes We can see how traditional Christianity has become a tool for alt-right political manipulation. The blueprint for the new-age to Nazi pipeline is exactly the same.
- editorialInformed
What Happened to Tyre Nichols In Not As Uncommon As We Want to Think It Is
by Confluenceby ConfluenceReading Time: 2 minutes The media narrative about Tyre Nichols’s murder is that the black cops who killed him were renegade, wild, murdering men with badges. The party line in this story is so uncommon because these cops are unusually bad.
This story is not uncommon.
These cops are not unusually bad.
This happens every day in the U.S. - Informed
Why Do Black Police Officers Commit Use-of-Force Crimes Against Black Community Members?
by Confluenceby ConfluenceReading Time: 2 minutes Ultimately, it is important for police departments to address these issues head-on in order to ensure that all officers are held accountable for their actions and that the communities they serve are treated with respect and dignity. By taking steps such as increasing diversity within the department, providing better training on implicit bias, and creating a culture of accountability, police departments can help reduce the number of use-of-force crimes committed by black officers against black community members.
Reading Time: 2 minutes When a loved one or friend comes forward and reintroduces themselves with new pronouns, it is often confronting on many fronts. It can be confusing and disruptive. Many people feel the actual fear of failing and getting it wrong. However, no matter how complicated it might feel for you, it is important to realize it is harder for the person who is asking you to embrace their new pronouns. That person has gone through territory we will never understand to get to that point. This is about them, not you.
Reading Time: < 1 minute The current director is Christopher A. Wray, who assumed the role on August 2, 2017, after being confirmed by the United States Senate, taking over from Acting Director Andrew McCabe after the dismissal of former Director James Comey by President Donald Trump.
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There is a reason the poster child of a mass shooter is an angry white man who spent his childhood in Sunday school.
by Confluenceby ConfluenceReading Time: 2 minutes When you are taught faith is the ultimate test of God and that critical thinking is the road straight to hell, not only do you fail to develop critical thinking skills, but you also will discourage critical thinking in your children. You have to.
Reading Time: 3 minutes I have built a foundation under my coaching practice by helping clients create sustainable,…
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An Open Letter to My White Sisters About our Role in Losing Roe v. Wade
by Confluenceby ConfluenceReading Time: 6 minutes The fight for our rights and freedom is not going to be convenient.
The revolution is not going to be comfortable.
We have to decide right now if we want to be free.