by Shane Claiborne | May 9, 2021 | How To Heal Our Divides, Voices
The following is an excerpt written by Shane Claiborne, speaker for Vote Common Good, for the forthcoming book How to Heal Our Divides. I met a man in Texas once who came up after a speaking event. He confessed to me, “I am a redneck. A gun-toting, whiskey drinking,...
by Michael Waters | May 2, 2021 | How To Heal Our Divides, Voices
The following is an excerpt written by Michael W. Waters, trainer for Vote Common Good, for the forthcoming book How to Heal Our Divides. Around midnight on October 16, 1915, William Joseph Simmons, a Methodist minister, ascended Stone Mountain in Georgia with fifteen...
by Doug Pagitt | Apr 22, 2021 | Press Coverage, Voices
Trump supporters try to break through a police barrier on Jan. 6, 2021, at the Capitol in Washington. As Congress prepared to affirm President-elect Joe Biden’s victory, thousands of people gathered to show their support for President Donald Trump and his claims...
by Doug Pagitt | Mar 24, 2021 | Press Coverage, Voices
Christian flags and symbols were prevalent at the January 6 Capitol attack. Selcuk Acar/NurPhoto via Getty Images The following is an opinion written in Business Insider by Ani Zonneveld and Doug Pagitt, executive director of Vote Common Good: With the Senate’s...
by Nick Brock | Mar 4, 2021 | Voices
The following is an opinion written in the Holland Sentinel by Nick Brock, community organizer for Vote Common Good: Perhaps you’ve paid attention to the impeachment trial of former President Donald J. Trump? Whether you agree or disagree with the acquittal verdict of...
by Doug Pagitt | Feb 25, 2021 | Voices
Supporters of President Donald Trump climb the west wall of the the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, in Washington. The mob proceeded to breach the Capitol. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana) In post-9/11 America, the word “radicalization” has usually conjured images of...
