Laurie Johnson

1 month ago | catholicworker.substack.com | Laurie Johnson

Roundtable has invited several members of various Catholic Worker communities to submit essays on the drastic federal cuts to human services program that President Donald Trump and billionaire Elon Musk, owner of Tesla and X (formerly Twitter), have enacted over the past month, and—at press time—have maintained, in defiance of judicial orders.

Jan 20, 2025 | cp-dr.com | Robert B. Olshansky |Laurie Johnson

This piece is brought to you free of charge courtesy of the paying subscribers to California Planning & Development Report. To become a paying subscriber with access to all of our content, just click here. These observations are based on over three decades of experience—both research and practice—after large disasters in the U.S. and numerous other countries. Olshansky and Johnson’s book After Great Disasters, is available for free download from the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy.

Nov 21, 2024 | frontporchrepublic.com | Laurie Johnson

One way that churches engage the larger community is to help the poor and marginalized through liberal charity and charitable outreach (think paying for food and services, or organizing a community meal night or food pantry). But this engagement does not necessarily lead to a stronger, more involved church community.

Aug 4, 2024 | record-eagle.com | Laurie Johnson

As we head into the throes of a politically volatile election year, I ask that you each carefully consider the world you would like to see for the foreseeable future. I have many concerns, as do we all. As a retired speech-language pathologist, I view the issues through a human-caring lens. All issues follow that perspective — all issues. How are you doing economically, medically, educationally, spiritually? One of the issues that concerns me greatly is education. Are our public schools perfect?

May 3, 2024 | houstonpublicmedia.org | Laurie Johnson

The Transocean rig had been on fire since the explosion, but is now fully submerged with only burning debris left floating on the surface. The deepwater rig finished installing an 18,000-foot exploratory well when it exploded on Tuesday. Barbara Shook is the Houston Bureau Chief of the Energy Intelligence Group and an industry analyst. She says usually the only time rigs are lost is from a hurricane. “The complete destruction and loss of a facility is a very rare — very, very rare occurence.