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Note this post contains two versions, one for children and young adults (towards the end) and this one... Why Kindness Works - and Cruelty Fails The limits of control and the social power of compassion By Mr. Alvarez | Thoughts Enhanced by AI Assistant Introduction Kindness is often treated as a pleasant but optional virtue,... Continue Reading →
By Mr. Alvarez | Climate Change Community LLC On July 7th (see post below), I wrote to you about Lorenzo Salgado Araujo — a 52-year-old father, a builder of homes, shot and killed by an ICE officer on Canal Street in Houston's East End on his way to work. I asked every agent, every officer,... Continue Reading →
By Mr. Alvarez | Climate Change Community LLC Say His Name: Lorenzo Salgado Araujo On the morning of July 7, 2026, at about 6:50 a.m., a 52-year-old man named Lorenzo Salgado Araujo was shot and killed by a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer on Canal Street, in Houston's East End — a historically Latino... Continue Reading →
The phrase we all may be looking for at this moment in history is intimidation, menacing behavior, harassment, or fear-based coercion. Here is three separate polished addendums in my own voice. Yes, AI enhanced, but in my own voice. Addendum 1: Regarding Two Recent Public Experiences Recently, I experienced two separate public incidents where I... Continue Reading →
Until Everyone Is Safe: World Refugee Day, Our Children's Worries, and the Choice We Still Have The idea that some lives matter less is the root of all that is wrong with the world. — Paul Farmer Today is June 20th. World Refugee Day. And this one is not like the others. This year marks... Continue Reading →
"Some men draw a circle around themselves and protect those who are in it: Wife and children. Some men draw a bigger circle around themselves and protect more: Mother, uncles, aunts, grandchildren. Some men draw a big, big circle around themselves and protect many, many more. There comes a point in a man's life when... Continue Reading →
A Tito235 Cultural Feature In every song, every meal, every dance step that crosses borders, there lives a story — a story of courage, migration, and hope. This week on tito235.com, I open my heart to share a deeper reflection on immigration, colonization, and the extraordinary kindness that lives in the people of South America... Continue Reading →
In an age of division, true strength lies not in retaliation—but in compassion that preserves our humanity. There comes a moment in every life when your very human dignity is tested—when your beliefs, whether religious, political, or deeply personal, are mocked, misunderstood, or attacked. These moments sting because they strike at the core of who... Continue Reading →
How to hold your center, act with courage, and stop giving unhealthy weight to other people’s opinions. We all know the feeling: you make a helpful, ethical decision…and then that voice kicks in—What will they think? Will they judge me? Here’s a clear, human guide to caring less about outside judgment while caring more about... Continue Reading →
Option to listen to the article instead of reading it is enabled... Islands like the Bahamas are paying the price for wealthier nations’ emissions — an injustice crying out for a global remedy. This May — 20 months after Hurricane Dorian unleashed its cruelty upon my Bahamas — I looked down from an airplane’s window... Continue Reading →
I’m a black climate expert. Racism derails our efforts to save the planet. Here is an incomplete list of things I left unfinished last week because America’s boiling racism and militarization are deadly for black people: a policy memo to members of Congress on accelerating offshore wind energy development in U.S. waters; the introduction to... Continue Reading →
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