Topics
Social Change
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Zondervan ‘sin tax’ great idea
Will Braun’s blog post on Rupert Murdoch is insightful.
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Rupert Murdoch: Bible mogul
Most Christians don’t know that media giant Rupert Murdoch – the guy who had to shut down his British tabloid News of the World amidst international scandal – owns the world’s leading Bible publisher, Zondervan. What are we to make of this mix of billionaire media tycoonery, dingy tabloid dealings and the Holy Word of God?
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Pope knows food
Critiquing the system that keeps 925 million people hungry, Pope Benedict recently said, “Food has become the object of speculation and is tied to the movements of financial markets which. . . seem fixated on the single objective of profit?” Now the church just needs to stop using Eucharistic wafers made with flour from the same profit-driven system.
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Job opening: Associate publisher, part time position
We have a job opening here at Geez. We’re looking for an associate publisher to work part time, 12.5 hours a week, starting in July if possible.
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Review
Review: Wasteland
In 2007, world-renowned artist Vik Muniz set about to change the lives of a group of people through art by integrating the materials they handle every day.
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Welcome Bre Woligroski
The Geez staff has a new recruitee: Bre Woligroski. She’s taking on the role of Associate Editor, and will be working closely with Editor Aiden Enns in the development of upcoming magazines.
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Toronto Star shines on Geez
Geez magazine is reviewed by features writer Leslie Scrivener in the Toronto Star, Canada’s largest daily paper.
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Buy Nothing Christmas season
Each year since a group of us started the website buynothingchristmas.org in 2001, I get requests for media interviews. Just before Buy Nothing Day a Swiss journalist wrote and asked for some comments.
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Experiments
Righteousness in the Age of Technology
Standing near the bus stop on Common Street in New Orleans, I am watching an interaction between a tourist in cargo shorts and a man who hasn’t showered, it seems, in weeks.
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News
Connecting the dots of the mining industry
Of the many challenges facing the indigenous people of Guatemala, metals mining by foreign companies is quickly becoming the biggest.
