Peace and Justice

Gender and Justice in Haiti
by Beverly Bell
Feb 17, 2010
Beverly Bell remembers Magalie Marcelin, a leader of Haiti's movement for women's rights, who was killed during the earthquake.
Fighting Like Hell
by Beverly Bell
Feb 11, 2010
Haiti has a long history of exploitation, but an equally long history of powerful resistance.
A Victory for Haiti
by Hayley Hathaway
Feb 10, 2010
How an international, grassroots mobilization helped spur the G7's decision to cancel Haiti's onerous foreign debt.
Cancel Haiti's Debt
by Sarah van Gelder
Jan 27, 2010
There's a growing movement to cancel Haiti's foreign debt as a way to return to the Haitian people the authority to rebuild their lives and their country.
Haiti Needs Aid, Not Militarization
by Phyllis Bennis
Jan 20, 2010
In the rush to provide life-saving aid to the people of Haiti, the U.S. military needs to get its priorities straight.
What You Can Do to Help Haiti What You Can Do to Help Haiti
by Sarah van Gelder
Jan 13, 2010
The best options for helping the Haitian people recover from the devastating January 12 earthquake.
Trauma Stewardship
by Rinku Sen
Dec 15, 2009
ColorLines' Rinku Sen finds this guide useful for "anyone who stays close to the ground as they help to change that landscape".
People We Love :: Bahati Kizungu
by Lynsi Burton
Dec 15, 2009
Reporting for children’s rights.
Veteran Fasts for Peace
by Brooke Jarvis
Nov 21, 2009
Concerned for the mental health of soldiers, Thomas Mahany wrote a letter asking President Obama to "deal with the cause, not just the effect" of war's trauma by bringing troops home.
Fort Hood: We're Killing Ourselves
by Grace Lee Boggs
Nov 18, 2009
Grace Boggs on breaking free from cycles of violence.
Let's Think Peace
Sep 21, 2009
Huong, an artist, peace activist, and former refugee who fled her native Vietnam in 1975, has painted her visions of war and peace for more than three decades.
Youths Face the Holocaust
by Lynsi Burton
Sep 09, 2009
Facing History connects students to people who have witnessed injustice, like artist and Holocaust survivor Ava Kadishson Schieber.
Healing Power of Prison Poetry
by Eli Hastings
Sep 09, 2009
Writers help teens in jail learn to express difficult truths by putting pencil to paper.
YES! Film Picks: War Child / The End of Poverty?
Feb 13, 2009
Reviews of some of our favorite films of the season.
In Review :: Bill Cleveland’s Art and Upheaval
by Brooke Jarvis
Feb 13, 2009
Review of Art and Upheaval: Artists on the World's Frontlines, by Bill Cleveland