Gordon Whitman @gordonwhitman.bsky.social · 07/07/2025Devasting condemnation of those who voted for the Big Ugly Bill from @ddroyster.bsky.socialthehill.com 011
Gordon Whitman @gordonwhitman.bsky.social · 10/05/2025Beautifully written piece about Pope Francis and the work ahead for Pope Leo XIV and all of us www.latimes.com/opinion/stor...latimes.comContributor: What the church needs from Leo XIVAt this moment of change and possibility, four principles that Francis lived, and that Leo XIV has begun to echo, must guide the Catholic Church. 010
Gordon Whitman @gordonwhitman.bsky.social · 09/05/2025Fascinating - The pope’s maternal grandparents, both of whom are described as Black or mulatto in various historical records, lived in the city’s Seventh Ward, an area traditionally Catholic and a melting pot of people with African, Caribbean and European roots. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/08/u...nytimes.comNew Pope Has Creole Roots in New Orleans 010
Gordon Whitman @gordonwhitman.bsky.social · 08/05/2025Pope Leo XIV retweeted this on 4/15/25. Good sign. 010
Reposted by Gordon WhitmanNPR @npr.org · 01/05/2025ICE says it is investigating the cause of death of 44-year-old Marie Ange Blaise in a Florida detention center on Friday. A local congresswoman says Blaise had complained of chest pains "for hours."npr.orgLawmakers demand answers after a Haitian woman dies at an ICE detention centerICE says it is investigating the cause of death of 44-year-old Marie Ange Blaise in a Florida detention center on Friday. A local congresswoman says Blaise had complained of chest pains "for hours." 800135825319
Gordon Whitman @gordonwhitman.bsky.social · 24/04/2025I was happy to share reflections on Pope Francis’ critique of top down approaches to development & radical “belief that it is people at the margins … who are the answer” www.devex.com/news/there-s... @devex.bsky.social @faithinaction.bsky.social @ignatiansolidarity.bsky.social @jesuits.bsky.socialdevex.com‘There’s no going back’: Pope Francis’ global development legacyIssues central to global development, including economic and climate justice, migration, and elevating those on the peripheries were core tenets of the late Pope Francis’ 12-year papacy. 000
Gordon Whitman @gordonwhitman.bsky.social · 23/04/2025The future is in the hands of those who struggle against injustice. @faithinaction.bsky.social @ncronline.bsky.social @catholicnewssvc.bsky.social faithinactioninternational.org/we-mourn-the... 010
Gordon Whitman @gordonwhitman.bsky.social · 21/04/2025Pope Francis taught us—through his words & actions—to love and respect every person as a child of God. He called us to welcome migrants, care for the earth as our common home, & challenge economic systems that cause poverty, suffering, & indifference. faithinactioninternational.org/we-mourn-the...faithinactioninternational.orgWe mourn the death of Pope Francis and pledge to carry on his ministryPope Francis called us to welcome migrants, care for the earth, and challenge economic systems causing poverty, suffering, and indifference. 010
Gordon Whitman @gordonwhitman.bsky.social · 11/04/2025Some good news in our effort to reopen the Inter-American Foundation, a model for supporting locally led community development. www.miamiherald.com/opinion/op-e... @sarajacobs.house.gov @joaquincastrotx.bsky.socialmiamiherald.comRare, good news for a Haiti in crisis: Court revives U.S. agency aid | OpinionKilled by DOGE, agency that helps Haiti appears to be back | Opinion 010
Gordon Whitman @gordonwhitman.bsky.social · 19/03/2025My son Isaiah just published his first Medium post medium.com/@IsaiahPaley...medium.comEight things Kamala could have done differentlyBy Isaiah Paley Whitman 000
Gordon Whitman @gordonwhitman.bsky.social · 16/03/2025Coming soon to the U.S. www.bbc.com/news/article...bbc.comSerbia's largest-ever rally sees 325,000 protest against governmentThe collapse of a station canopy that killed 15 people has galvanised anger towards the government. 010
Gordon Whitman @gordonwhitman.bsky.social · 16/03/2025Petition to re-open the Inter-American Foundation which supports community development in Latin America and the Caribbean. And was illegally shut down. secure.everyaction.com/OnGbqscEfESU...secure.everyaction.comRe-Open IAF and USADFJoin us in demanding that Congress stand up for the Inter-American Foundation (IAF) and U.S. African Development Foundation (USADF) and the good work they do addressing the root causes of poverty, hun... 000
Gordon Whitman @gordonwhitman.bsky.social · 16/03/2025Very important interview with Atul Gawande: Hundreds of Thousands Will Die - “There is a fundamental desire to remove and destroy independent sources of knowledge, of power, of decision-making.” www.newyorker.com/podcast/the-...newyorker.comHundreds of Thousands Will DieThe writer, surgeon, and former U.S.A.I.D. senior official Atul Gawande on the Trump Administration’s decimation of foreign aid and the consequences around the world. 000
Gordon Whitman @gordonwhitman.bsky.social · 16/03/2025PhIlly is gradually moving progressive neighborhood focused, especially after building an arena in Chinatown got spiked. Great to see the movement on housing & @councilmemberjg.bsky.social leadership. www.inquirer.com/politics/clo...inquirer.comWinners and losers from the first city budget in Philly’s Parker-Johnson eraClout is breaking down who's up and who's down following the first big legislative agreement of the Parker administration. 010
Reposted by Gordon WhitmanKara Swisher @karaswisher.bsky.social · 16/03/2025The eventual fate of the GOP 2001470257767