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Ruth Graham

@ruthgraham.bsky.social

National correspondent at The New York Times covering religion, faith and values. ~Texas~. Ruth.Graham@nytimes.com

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Rich Raho@richraho.bsky.social · 2w ago

A nun who was taken into immigration custody after being arrested while walking to Mass in her habit last month in Texas pleaded Thursday for people to have the chance to be heard before being taken into custody, saying she was speaking out to help others. abcnews.com/US/wireStory...

Nun who was detained by ICE while walking to Mass in Texas says many are in her situation

A nun who was taken into immigration custody after being arrested while walking to Mass in her habit last month in South Texas says she wants to speak out to help others

abcnews.com

Ruth Graham@ruthgraham.bsky.social · 2w ago

Deep dive from the @forward.com on ugly portrayals of Jewish villains in Ukrainian Catholic church pageants in the US. The characters "tempt the faithful with goods, loans or liquor," sometimes sporting peyos or exaggerated fake noses. forward.com/news/839093/...

Vatican silent on Jewish villains in U.S. Ukrainian Catholic church pageants

Giant noses, peyos and booze are props in the Christmas-season plays called verteps, hosted and attended by church officials

forward.com

Belt Publishing@beltpublishing.bsky.social · 3w ago

Happy publication day to American Made! It’s a collection of compelling interviews with people living and working during the Great Depression, from meatpackers in Chicago to fishermen in Massachusetts, farmers in Nebraska, and workers building the New York City subway. So many memorable stories!

American Made

"A mesmerizing combination of voices ... Readers will be hooked." — Publishers WeeklyDuring the Great Depression, out-of-work writers—including Ralph Ellison and other now famous authors— were hired t...

arcadiapublishing.com

Ruth Graham@ruthgraham.bsky.social · last mo.

[walking around a beautiful international city with no work responsibilities in a neighborhood i could never afford during the nicest time of year] ok i should definitely move here

Kieran Healy@kjhealy.co · last mo.

A/C discourse, which I will otherwise be avoiding please and thank you, has reminded me of this passage from Norman Malcolm’s memoir of Wittgenstein. Wittgenstein visited Malcom in Ithaca, NY, in the Summer of 1949 (his only visit to the US).

The weather was unusually hot that summer and Wittgenstein's room on the second floor was often very uncomfortable. He once pointed out to me that the wire mesh of the window screens restricted to some extent the movement of air through his win-dows, and wondered why they could not be removed. I replied that if this were done great numbers of insects would enter and prove even more disagreeable than the heat. Wittgenstein doubted that this was so. He remarked that in England and on the Continent windows were commonly left unscreened. I answered that there were more insects in America. Wittgenstein didn't believe this, and when he went out for a walk later that day he made a point of looking at a number of houses in order to see whether their windows were screened. He found that all of them were but, oddly enough, instead of inferring that there must be a good reason for it, he concluded with some irritation that Americans were the victims of widespread and unthinking prejudice as to the necessity of window screens!
Robert Downen@robertdownen.bsky.social · 2mo ago

NEW: Texas middle schoolers could be taught about a Christian revolutionary war movement that never existed. The so-called “Black Robe Regiment” is a favorite myth of David Barton and other Christian nationalists who are leading massive revisions of Texas curricula to focus on US “exceptionalism.”

Scholars Call the Black Robe Regiment a Myth. It Could Soon Be Taught in Texas Schools.

The State Board of Education meets this week to vote on a K–12 curriculum some experts warn elevates Christianity over other faiths.

texasmonthly.com

Ruth Graham@ruthgraham.bsky.social · 2mo ago

One thing I admire about my laptop is that it is never satisfied with the status quo. It is constantly updating, constantly improving itself even in ways others might never notice and not care about at all. It doesn't matter if someone else is working on a deadline, self-care is URGENT

The New York Times@nytimes.com · 2mo ago

Support for gay marriage in the U.S. has declined, to 65% from a high of 71% four years ago, according to a recent poll from Gallup. Republicans are responsible for much of this gravitational pull. Democratic support remains unchanged at 87%. nyti.ms/3PJ0XzQ

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