Peace and Justice

Want Justice for Trayvon? Start by Turning to Your Neighbors
by Sarah van Gelder
Jul 16, 2013
Your community is the perfect place to begin healing the wounds of racism.
Peaceful Revolution? Gandhi’s Four Paths to Get There
by Madhu Suri Prakash
Jul 12, 2013
The Indian leader saw nonviolence as an active and powerful thing—not just the absence of war.
“Non-Indigenous Culture”: Implications of a Historical Anomaly
by Derek Rasmussen
Jul 11, 2013
Modern westerners often see indigenous people as weird or exotic. A look at history shows why they’re not the strange ones.
To Keep Kids Out of Trouble—And Prison—Teach Them to Understand Their Emotions
by Katherine Gustafson
Jul 02, 2013
After teaching students to understand and talk through their conflicts, schools in Denver and Los Angeles have seen major reductions in disciplinary action.
A Caring Economy Requires Building Bridges—Not Burning Them
by Sally Kohn
Jun 28, 2013
Traditional organizing makes opponents into “enemies,” but a new crop of activists is using love and empathy to create new alliances and possibilities.
A Road Trip to Save El Salvador’s Water
by Robin Broad, John Cavanagh
Jun 26, 2013
A delegation of activists from 12 different countries on the fight to stop gold mining in Central America.
Supreme Court Ruling Is “Call to Action” on Voting Rights
by Katrina Rabeler
Jun 25, 2013
Civil rights advocates are calling the Supreme Court’s decision in Shelby County v. Holder “a dagger in the heart of the Voting Rights Act” and “a call to action.”
A Healing Walk through Canada’s Tar Sands Dystopia
by Clayton Thomas-Muller
Jun 06, 2013
Cree organizer Clayton Thomas-Muller provides a deeply personal account of a ceremonial healing walk through the broken landscape of Canada’s tar sands. This year’s walk begins July 4.
Meet the Refreshing Evangelical Who’s Leading a Revival—of “the Common Good”
by Sarah van Gelder
May 30, 2013
Pastor Jim Wallis has been arrested for protesting the Keystone XL pipeline, builds bridges between polarized politicians, and pushes Christians to worry less about gay marriage and more about justice. And even better—there’s a whole new generation following his lead.
A Roadmap to a World Without Drone Proliferation?
by Ken Butigan
May 30, 2013
It’s not too late to forge a drone-free future. International treaties have already helped ban landmines and nuclear weapons testing—and could mitigate drone warfare’s worst atrocities.
Meet the Rainforest-Dwelling Malaysian Farmers Fighting to Keep their Land above Water
by James Trimarco
May 24, 2013
The dams would cost $105 billion, flood an area twice the size of LA, and force the relocation of tens of thousands of indigenous people. Against all the odds, the local forest-dwelling people are coming together and organizing in a way that’s unheard of in this part of the world.
For a Future that Won’t Destroy Life on Earth, Look to the Global Indigenous Uprising
by Kristin Moe
May 23, 2013
Idle No More is the latest incarnation of an age-old movement for life that doesn't depend on infinite extraction and growth. Now, armed with Twitter and Facebook, once-isolated groups from Canada to South America are exchanging resources and support like never before.
How a Radical Group of American Nuns Shook Up the Vatican to Better the World
by Valerie Schloredt
May 21, 2013
“Band of Sisters” shows why a humble group of women fell under Vatican investigation for seeing the causes—not just the symptoms—of injustice.
Marriage Equality for Minnesota? You Betcha!
by Christopher Zumski Finke
May 16, 2013
In just six months, the “Land of Lakes” went from debating a constitutional ban on same-sex marriage, to legalizing it this week. One proud resident on celebrating change in one of our more politically quirky states.
Nerds, Jocks & Conscientious Objectors: The Hidden World of Israel’s High School War Resisters
by Sarah Lazare
May 16, 2013
High school's tough enough without having to face prison time for refusing to serve an occupation you know is wrong.