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NY Times Marty Levine January 31, 2025 In the second week of the second Trump Presidency, we can see clearly how he and his acolytes envision the nation.  As...

Marty Levine January 23, 2025 [1]My father was a wandering Aramean[i] My mother was a wandering Byelorussian I began my comments at a recent Chicago City Council meeting with...

Marty Levine January 13, 2025 In the American Jewish Community, it has always been difficult to speak in favor of the rights of the Palestinian people and in opposition...

      Carole Levine              January 6, 2025 Today, January 6, 2025, finds me pondering many things.  As in the past four years...

Marty Levine January 2, 2025 “Here on our television, night after night, our people are being shown the symbols of this war and it is a holocaust. A little...

Marty Levine February 5, 2025 It’s taken less than a month and I am again fixating on George Orwell’s warning that is  his novel “1984” Who controls the past...

Marty Levine December 30, 2024 I recently talked to a college student about a paper she was writing.  The topic was about older “leaders” in social justice organizations and...

 Carole Levine    December 25, 2024   This morning my youngest sister, Sue, sent me this picture: I must admit that I really did not remember this image, painted on...

  Marty Levine December 18, 2024  The Chronicles of Philanthropy has published its list of ten biggest philanthropic gifts of 2024. This is one end-of-year list I look forward...

Carole Levine   12/11/24   It has been over a month since the election of Donald Trump to a second term as President of the United States.  Most (but not...