Sheila D. CollinsJul 20, 20206 minLet Us Now Praise Famous SoulsOn July 18, 2020 we lost two valiant men—Rev. C.T. Vivian and representative John Lewis--icons of the civil rights movement, but so much mor
Sheila D. CollinsMay 7, 20203 minInspiration for Dark TimesWhen I contemplate the failure of our Republican leaders and at least 40 percent of our population to take the imminent threat of climate...
Sheila D. CollinsApr 30, 20203 minCovid-19: Crisis or Opportunity?Exposing as it has the deep faults in the way we conduct our lives, the corona virus crisis should be a wakeup call: a wakeup to the need...
Sheila D. CollinsApr 15, 20201 minWhen Government was the SolutionOver the Thanksgiving holiday, my husband and I visited our daughter, who teaches at a branch of the University of Wisconsin in Stevens...
Sheila D. CollinsApr 15, 20201 minWar and Climate Change: Time to Connect the DotsThere was something surreal about the president announcing that he had just launched a heavy airstrike against militants in Syria – in...
Sheila D. CollinsApr 15, 20201 minObama's Lost Opportunity, and OursPresident Obama’s decision to use his executive authority to cut carbon emissions from coal-fired plants is welcome, if long overdue....
Sheila D. CollinsApr 15, 20201 minPortrait of the Artist as My Mother: A Mother's Day ReflectionFreda was never “mother” or “mom.” She refused the appellation, didn’t believe in families, rebelled against the role and would always...
Sheila D. CollinsApr 15, 20201 minWhat if Climate Change Were a Foreign Enemy?What if climate change were a foreign enemy that had declared it would destroy civilization as we know it and we had only five to...
Sheila D. CollinsApr 15, 20201 minWhat It Will Take to Tackle the Crisis?The latest report of the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) confirms what is manifest to all but those...
Sheila D. CollinsApr 13, 20201 minMilquetost Liberal Religion Won't Challenge Conservative Values: A History LessonCongress’s year-end slashing of food stamps and refusal to extend unemployment benefits for the 1.3 million people whose benefits were ...
Sheila D. CollinsApr 13, 20201 minThe West's Coming Tragedy of the CommonsThe severe droughts now affecting California and the Colorado River basin suggest that we may be at a tipping point in our ability to ...
Sheila D. CollinsApr 13, 20201 minWhen Art Coaxed the Soul of America Back to LifeWriting in the New York Times recently, art critic Holland Cotter lamented the fact that the current billionaire-dominated market system,...
Sheila D. CollinsApr 13, 20201 minWhat Kerry and Obama Could Learn from FDR on the EnvironmentRecent reports that Secretary of State John Kerry is pushing to create an agency-wide focus on global warming with the goal of leading...
Sheila D. CollinsApr 13, 20201 minPublic Education and the Arts: Lessons from the New DealOn December 9, 2013, at more than 100 sites across the country, teachers, parents, students and labor and community allies rallied in a...
Sheila D. CollinsApr 13, 20201 minSharing the Torch: Youth of the 60s Meet with Youth of the OWSThe evolving Occupy Wall Street movement continues to confound and surprise even its ardent supporters. Two days after Mayor Bloomberg’s...
Sheila D. CollinsApr 13, 20201 minThe Camel and the Needle's EyeA certain ruler asked him, "Good teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life? . . . Jesus said to him, You know the commandments . ....
Sheila D. CollinsApr 13, 20201 minOccupy Wall Street: The Making of a New WorldTo the superficial eye Liberty Park (Zucotti Park) in lower Manhattan is a circus—a mass of people all packed together in one rather...