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Marvin T. Brown
Dec 7, 2021
Philanthropy vs Reparations
One would hope that philanthropy could promote justice. After all, that’s where the money is. According to Rob Reich, the Director of...
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Marvin T. Brown
Nov 17, 2021
How Should We Share the Crop?
Sharecropping has a bad reputation not because it’s a bad idea, but because it was not protected from exploitation. In fact, it’s a good...
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Marvin T. Brown
Nov 3, 2021
A Framework for Our Thinking
It seems much more complicated to get out of the mess we are in than it was to get in it. You can change the game of basketball a bit,...
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Marvin T. Brown
Oct 13, 2021
They Knew. So What?
One might think that it’s the oil, gas and coal companies that are to blame for creating our climate crisis, but as Gus Speth’s book,...
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Marvin T. Brown
Sep 29, 2021
Critical White Theory
Just as critical race theory tries to explain the role of race in American history, critical white theory would look at the role of white....
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Marvin T. Brown
Sep 14, 2021
The American Legacy of Reproduction
To understand the motives for the expansion of State control over women in Texas and elsewhere, it may help to see how the legacy of...
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Marvin T. Brown
Sep 1, 2021
The Ethics of the Withdrawal
President Biden’s decision to withdraw from Afghanistan by September 1 came, as he said, from his very core. For him, it was the right...
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Marvin T. Brown
Aug 11, 2021
Prosperity and Justice
Is justice necessary for prosperity or can we aim for prosperity now and leave justice for later? Can the good crowd out the right? If...
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Marvin T. Brown
Jul 27, 2021
Critical Race Theory and Coherence
The challenge of Critical Race Theory is not so much about canceling culture but rather about deciding what we should emphasize in...
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Marvin T. Brown
Jul 14, 2021
Resetting our American Thermostat
Did you ever wonder what prevents us from moving closer to a climate of justice—a social predisposition for fairness? Could it be a kind...
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Marvin T. Brown
Jul 1, 2021
A Case for Reparations
Paying people for unpaid labor seems like a no-brainer, except for the facts of the case, then things get complicated. From the...
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Marvin T. Brown
Jun 18, 2021
The Abolition of the Master Class
Juneteenth is now a national holiday: a day to celebrate the freeing of enslaved Africans. What has not been announced is what this means...
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Marvin T. Brown
May 25, 2021
The White Storm
Some of us thought that President Biden’s victory would take the wind out of the White Storm, but that became wishful thinking after the...
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Marvin T. Brown
May 12, 2021
Pie in the Sky, Mud in Your Eye
You’re walking down the street, looking at the sky and “oops” there is mud in your eye. Why? Because you were not paying attention. The...
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Marvin T. Brown
May 4, 2021
The American Tragedy
There are different kinds of tragedy, but the American one follows a rather typical pattern. Unknown or denied past events cause one’s...
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Marvin T. Brown
Apr 13, 2021
Biden’s Mistake
Ok, I’m not sure, Biden is certainly better than Trump. Still, it seems like President Biden has not made the voting rights bills his...
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Marvin T. Brown
Mar 10, 2021
Reflections after 50 posts
When I started this blog, I thought my book, Climate of justice, An Ethical Foundation for Environmentalism, would appear sometime in...
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Marvin T. Brown
Mar 2, 2021
What to Replace and What to Repair
You can replace some things. Some you cannot. Sometimes, you can follow Buckminster Fuller’s famous saying: "You never change things by...
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Marvin T. Brown
Feb 23, 2021
To be Born or Created
We won’t change our social climate to a climate of justice without changing our language. Words matter. If you question that, what would...
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Marvin T. Brown
Feb 9, 2021
Thinking like a Civilian
All of us are civilians most of the time, but many of us rarely think like one. If we are to save the planet, we had better get on board....
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