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Issue 62: Money, Money, Money

As we examine how capitalism allows rich individuals and companies to enslave our sisters and brothers, devalue the disabled and elderly, and take advantage of the poor, what is our response?

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Yick Wo and the Good Samaritan
By Sandhya Jha

We owe a lot to Yick Wo. By we, I mean Asians living in the United States, whether we’re citizens or not. And by Yick Wo, I mean the man who went to jail for running a laundromat in a wooden building.

Imagining Beyond the Bottom Line
By Charmaine Runes

I was too close to the edge of my seat not to fall out, and when I finally did, my partner next to me returned my grin. The film we were watching had my support long before I walked through the movie theater doors, but seeing someone who looked just a little bit like me drew me deeper into the story.

Capitalism’s Murky Compass
By Lisa Asedillo Pratt

I’m currently being trained as a Christian social ethicist in a doctoral program. One of the most important lessons I’ve learned so far is that although Christians often assume we “already know” how to discern right from wrong making ethical choices is more complicated than we think.

Bruised but not Broken

Tales of a Korean Immigrant Church

By Dae Shik Kim Hawkins Jr. and Joseph Yoo

Arts
The Reign of God
Review of a graphic novel emphasizing Jesus' humanity
By Wendy Hu-Au

"The Reign of God: A Gospel Story" (2017) by Issey Fujishima is a graphic novel that attempts to reclaim the humanity and complexity of Jesus as a person in history. How human was Jesus? How much did he struggle with his calling?

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God Dwelt With Laquan
Sixteen Shots and a Coverup in Rahm Emanuel's Chicago
By Kenji Kuramitsu

“No one I know is better at getting things done than Rahm Emanuel,” proudly proffered President Obama. Emanuel, former fundraiser-in-chief for Bill Clinton — the pugnacious fixer whose tenacity helped pass the irredeemably carceral 1994 Crime Bill — once pushed his own party to “achieve record deportations of criminal aliens”.

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From Media to Mind (and Back Again)
Cycles of Racism
By Der Lor

I am a 1.5 generation Hmong American who spent nearly thirty years of my life in southeastern Wisconsin. The memories of racial aggressions I experienced during those years have not escaped me. When I was a young boy in Fond du Lac, someone vandalized our garage door with racially charged graffiti. Another time, I went over to a white friend’s house and his grandmother kept referring to me as “brown boy”.