the Empathy List #160: What good does protest do?

Historians would like a word.

Nov 18 • 

Liz Charlotte Grant

12

1

the Empathy List #159: On Energy Vampires and the Gift of a Diverse Community

Sara Billups' weighs in on what it takes to build IRL community (hint: it will cost you MORE than just your energy reserves).

Nov 11 • 

Liz Charlotte Grant

 and 

Sara Billups

8

1

October 2025

the Empathy List #158: "Jesus is Being Teargassed at Broadview"

Clergy protest at Broadview Detention Center in Chicagoland gives me hope.

Oct 29 • 

Liz Charlotte Grant

4

the Empathy List #157: Zach Lambert was kicked out of youth group.

A conversation between two leftie Christians about the reading the Bible for liberation, not authoritarianism.

Oct 21 • 

Liz Charlotte Grant

 and 

Zach W. Lambert

9

2

the Empathy List #156: The Resistance is Here

A roundup of grassroots American protest against Trump and the GOP that gives me hope.

Oct 14 • 

Liz Charlotte Grant

6

7

3

Curious Reads: Who is Using Whom?

Worship at Charlie Kirk's Memorial was just One More Capitulation of the Evangelical Church to the GOP

Oct 7 • 

Liz Charlotte Grant

 and 

Kelsey Kramer McGinnis

35

6

September 2025

Curious Reads: Making Fun of the President

Displaced Chinese nationals reflect on Jimmy Kimmel's free speech woes.

Sep 23 • 

Liz Charlotte Grant

7

1

the Empathy List #155: Empathy for him, too?

Reckoning with gun violence and the horrible symmetry of Charlie Kirk's advocacy and death.

Sep 16 • 

Liz Charlotte Grant

18

6

1

the Empathy List #154: Donald Trump at the Pearly Gates?

And what does DT's version of heaven look like, anyway?

Sep 9 • 

Liz Charlotte Grant

10

1

Curious Reads: After a school shooting

...whose stories should we tell? And how should we tell them?

Sep 3 • 

Liz Charlotte Grant

6

1

August 2025

the Empathy List #153: Focus on Your Own Damn Family

On the legacy of James Dobson, the "spanking" psychologist.

Aug 26 • 

Liz Charlotte Grant

14

3

The Empathy List chat room for those sick and tired of social media

Deep thoughts, deeper feelings, and a safe place removed from the ads and the oligarchy. ;-)

Aug 21 • 

Liz Charlotte Grant

2