John W. Whitehead

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  Feb 8, 2020

  The pornification of America: How young girls are being groomed by sexual predators

  All of those screen devices being passed along to children at ever-younger ages? They have become the sexual predator’s primary means of gaining access to young people, and it’s primarily happening online.

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  Apr 4, 2018

  America Hasn't Learned a Thing: Racism, Materialism and Militarism Still Reign Supreme

  Fifty years later, we have compounded the evils of racism, materialism and militarism with ignorance, intolerance and fear. Callousness, cruelty, meanness, immorality, ignorance, hatred, intolerance and injustice have become hallmarks of our modern age, magnified by an echo chamber of nasty tweets, government-sanctioned brutality, and "the politics of exclusion."

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  Mar 27, 2018

  Enough Is Enough: If You Really Want to Save Lives, Take Aim at Government Violence

  Enough is enough. That was the refrain chanted over and over by the thousands of demonstrators who gathered to protest gun violence in America. Why is no one taking aim at the U.S. government as the greatest purveyor of violence in American society and around the world?

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  Mar 26, 2018

  Tolerance Cuts Both Ways: Freedom for the Speech We Hate

  Tolerance cuts both ways. This isn't an easy pill to swallow, I know, but that's the way free speech works, especially when it comes to tolerating speech that we hate.

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  Dec 28, 2017

  Apocalypse Now: 2017 Was Another Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Year

  Here's just a small sampling of what we suffered through in 2017.

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  Nov 21, 2017

  Pay It Forward One Act of Kindness at a Time

  How do you come together as a nation in thanksgiving when the powers-that-be continue to polarize and divide us into warring factions?

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  Oct 19, 2017

  This Is How Tyranny Rises and Freedom Falls

  We are being ruled by a government of scoundrels, spies, thugs, thieves, gangsters, ruffians, rapists, extortionists, bounty hunters, battle-ready warriors and cold-blooded killers who communicate using a language of force and oppression.

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  Oct 4, 2017

  Mass Shootings: The Military-Entertainment Complex's Culture of Violence Turns Deadly

  What is it about America that makes violence our nation's calling card? Is it because America is a gun culture? Is it because guns are so readily available? Is it because entertainment violence is the hottest selling ticket at the box office?

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  Sep 29, 2017

  Love of Country Means Sometimes You Have to Take a Knee

  If freedom means anything, it means that those exercising their right to protest are showing the greatest respect for the principles on which this nation was founded: the right to free speech and the right to dissent. One can be patriotic and love one's country while at the same time disagreeing with the government or protesting government misconduct.

• Apr 22, 2011

  Crucifying Jesus: Killing a Radical

  As the gruesome torture and crucifixion of Jesus make clear, there is always a price to pay for standing up to one’s oppressors.