PEACE & JUSTICE

A fair world lays the foundations for peace.

Choose Life: End the Death Penalty

by Sister Helen Prejean

posted Sep 30, 2000

Sister Helen's work with Patrick Sonnier and her campaign against the death penalty.

The Hard Road of Forgiveness

by Mary Sue Penn

posted Sep 30, 2000

Bill Pelke forgives his grandmother's killer and works with Murder Victims' Families for Reconciliation to oppose the death penalty.

The Prison Industry Goes Global

by Stephen Nathan

posted Sep 30, 2000

Corporations promote prision privatization around the world and may use the World Trade Organization to open new markets.

American Gulag

by Jerome G. Miller

posted Sep 30, 2000

Why does the "home of the free" lock up 2 million men, women, boys, and girls-most of them people of color?

On the Day the Children Marched

by Reginald Sinclair Lewis

posted Sep 30, 2000

Children protest the scheduled execution of Reggie Lewis and march against capital punishment. Poetry.

Street Ministers

by Michael Jonas

posted Sep 30, 2000

In 1990 Boston had 152 killings; in 1999, the number had fallen to 30, not one of them a juvenile. Boston's nationally acclaimed approach to stemming gang violence and youth crime is examined.

Genesee Peacemakers

by Sarah van Gelder

posted Sep 30, 2000

Involving victims in the criminal justice system can lead to healing, community empowerment, and fewer repeated offenses.

White on Black, Black on White

by Carol Estes, Robert Jeffrey

posted Sep 30, 2000

Two perspectives on a talking circle about racism held following the WTO protests in Seattle.

War Games

by Carol Estes

posted Sep 30, 2000

the War on Drugs: the social cost of the drug war and the people in and out of the criminal justice system who are calling for an end to war.

Is It Time to Close the Prisons Discussion Guide

posted Sep 30, 2000

Have you, or has someone close to you, spent time in jail or prison? What was the experience like? How did it change you/them?

Youth Court: Jury of Their Peers

by Edgar S. Cahn

posted Sep 30, 2000

The Time Dollar Youth Court in Washington, D.C. for first time juvenile offenders aims to keep first offenders from becoming hardened criminals.

Wild Rice Moon

by Winona LaDuke

posted Jun 30, 2000

The ancient, wild rice-centered culture of Minnesota's Anishinaabeg people confronts cultivated "wild" rice.

Assembling For Peace

by D.J. Mitchell

posted Oct 29, 1999

In Sri Lanka, the Sarvodaya Shramadana Movement, a grassroots community development organization that combines Buddhist philosophy with Gandhian methods.

Making Amends

by John Bond

posted Oct 29, 1999

Making Amends by John Bond - Australia Journey of Healing

Peace Trees, Vietnam

by Gay-Wynn Cooper

posted Jun 30, 1999

Although public opinion has turned against the use of landmines, a large number remain active, a lethal reminder of wars long over. One group of Americans and Vietnamese are removing landmines and restoring an indigenous ecosystem ...