Austin Roberts

Opinion | How Can You Cheer Love and Hate at the Same Time?

How Can You Cheer Love and Hate at the Same Time? www.nytimes.com/2025/09/23/o...

If you, like me, are the parent of a neuro-atypical child dreading this autism press conference, please remember: These are the people hurting our kids. Not us. They are the ones stigmatizing and pathologizing them. They are the ones peddling untested science. And we should be very, very angry.

Suddenly "hate speech" is bad. Suddenly "dehumanizing" people is bad. Suddenly "cancel culture" is good. Suddenly words have consequences.

The modern American right in 2025, folks.

Video: Opinion | Mahmoud Khalil Tells His Story The Palestinian activist discusses the Columbia protests, ICE detention and free speech in America.

Ezra Klein’s interview with Mahmoud Khalil is powerful. Highly recommend listening/watching:

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There are so many good ones, and it depends on what topic you’re interested in. Many would say his “The Fragility of Things.” Powerful linking of ecology, economics, and politics. Two other key texts are “Why I A Not a Secularist” and “Capitalism & Christianity, American Style.”

In a First, Leading Israeli Rights Groups Accuse Israel of Gaza Genocide

“The report we are publishing today is one we never imagined we would have to write,” Ms. Novak said at a news conference in Jerusalem. “But in recent months, we have been witnessing a reality that has left us no choice but to acknowledge the truth.”

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Taking mushrooms for depression cured me of my atheism Psilocybin not only eased my depression, it showed me a new way to live.

“…my sense of self dissolved and I unified with an abiding force that permeated all existence — something that felt conscious, vast, benevolent, eternal, peaceful, and furiously important.” theoutline.com/post/7367/ta...

Today, Trump sold out the young people of America and future generations.

He will give the fossil fuel industry the unrestricted ability to release carbon emissions and accelerate the existential threat of climate change.

How much in campaign contributions is that worth?

Ozzy Goes Home: Christian Rock Remembers the Godfather of Heavy Metal “Maybe it’s not too late, to learn how to love and forget how to hate.” —Ozzy Osbourne, “Crazy Train” (1980) Those lyrics never sounded like they came from the Prince of Darkness—they’d feel more at ...

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YouTube video by Senator Bernie Sanders Trump Welcomes a War Criminal to the White House | Sen. Bernie Sanders

Benjamin Netanyahu has been indicted as a war criminal.

His government is systematically killing and starving the people of Gaza.

He will be remembered as one of the monsters of modern history.

And Trump welcomed him to the White House.

Catholic bishops from Asia, Africa, Latin America demand climate justice Catholic bishops from Asia, Africa and Latin America are demanding climate justice for the parts of the world most affected by rising temperatures.

This is amazing—Catholic bishops from the global south call for climate justice and degrowth, citing the work of @jasonhickel.bsky.social in the text of their statement.

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Trump Hires Scientists Who Doubt the Consensus on Climate Change

You have to dig pretty deep these days to find someone with a PhD who rejects climate science. Which, of course, is what the Trump administration has done.

In the long run, this is actually going to be the important news of the day--co2 in the atmosphere passes another grim milestone

Opinion | Does a River Have Legal Rights?

Fantastic short piece about the Klamath River and the rights of nature movement, which is now facing uphill battles against Trump’s human supremacy thinking. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/o...

14,000 children.

That’s how many Palestinian children are imminently at risk of dying from starvation and preventable illness unless immediate aid is allowed into Gaza. This is not alarmism. This is every major humanitarian agency ringing the bell, yet again, while too many of us scroll by.

I'm a professor. We're not the 'elite' the powerful billionaires say we are. Most professors don't have tenure. An increasing number don't even have full-time jobs. How did these inconsequential people become enemies of the state?

"We are not the elites the billionaires claim we are. Most professors don’t have tenure. The humanities professoriate don’t even have full time jobs, have been known to sleep in their cars. How did these inconsequential people become enemies of the state?"
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Reimagining Christ for an Evolving World: ​Austin Roberts This vision of progressive Christianity is shaped by the insights of process theology and offered in the spirit of an ongoing conversation about what is true, good, and life-giving—for people and...

My article on progressive faith and theology, inspired by process thought, is now up at Open Horizons.

Norman Wirzba: Theologies of Hope in a Time of Crisis Online Class: The Many Faces of Christ Today

Norman Wirzba: Theologies of Hope in a Time of Crisis www.homebrewedchristianty.com/2025/04/14/n...

This is so true!

This is a great book—check it out, friends!

Christianity Was Always for the Poor From the Sermon on the Mount through the Apostolic Age, the first Christians preached against wealth.

“Christianity was always for the poor”—Fantastic article from theologian David Bentley Hart about the communist teachings of Jesus and the New Testament. jacobin.com/2024/03/chri...

Opinion | Larry David: My Dinner With Adolf When a private meeting goes unexpectedly.

Absolutely brutal and hilarious takedown of Bill Maher from the one and only Larry David.

The rise of end times fascism The governing ideology of the far right has become a monstrous, supremacist survivalism. Our task is to build a movement strong enough to stop them

The big/small men of MAGA are apocalyptic fantasists.

The darkest--and in some ways most light-filled--take on on our dire moment comes from @naomiaklein.bsky.social and @astra.bsky.social

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This — and has been for a while — an all-hands-on-deck emergency situation for anyone who cares about the welfare of the world.

Sleep deprived Corey Booker is what America needed today. Not kidding.

Go Corey go!

Big banks predict catastrophic warming, with profit potential Morgan Stanley, JPMorgan and an international banking group have quietly concluded that climate change will likely exceed the Paris Agreement's 2 degree

Morgan Stanley predicts we’re on track for 3°C of warming—ironic, coming from a company that’s been funding the fossil fuel train for decades.

Wow. If King’s commitments to social justice, equality, and care for the marginalized are viewed as ‘DEI,’ I guess they’ll have to pull the Gospels out of the New Testament next, right?

Fighting the Neoliberal-Fascist Coup by Trump and Musk | Common Dreams Time is short during a fascist takeover attempt. And Trump and Musk are moving at breakneck speed. The stakes could not be higher.

To my mind, William Connolly is one of our most important political theorists in the U.S., and this is an insightful analysis of the “oligopolistic fascism” now emerging.

Is planting trees 'DEI'? Trump administration cuts nationwide tree-planting effort The Trump administration's efforts to end DEI programs is hitting some unexpected targets, including a nationwide effort planting shade trees in neighborhoods to reduce extreme heat.

The Trump admin just cut a nationwide tree-planting program because it had ‘DEI’ vibes. Yes, trees. Too diverse, too equitable, too shady, apparently.

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The Battle of Theologies in the Age of Trump Trump and his people target those that the Bible is most concerned about: children, the poor, immigrants, the sick and disabled, women, the vulnerable, and the earth itself.

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