PEACE & JUSTICE

A fair world lays the foundations for peace.

Vandana Shiva: Teachers for a Living World

by Madhu Suri Prakash

posted Jan 27, 2012

While Ivy League schools marvel at India’s economic growth, Vandana Shiva’s University of the Seed looks to the earth—and Gandhi—for guidance.

Beyond “Free” or “Fair” Trade: Mexican Farmers Go Local

by Mike Wold

posted Jan 23, 2012

We usually think of the demand for local, organic foods as coming from the North. But in southern Mexico, the growing localist movement is a strategy for survival.

Deepak Bhargava: A Voice for the Grassroots Inside the Beltway

by Lynsi Burton

posted Jan 17, 2012

The YES! Breakthrough 15: Expanding the American Dream to include people left behind by economic inequality.

After the Quake: Haiti's Slow Road to Healing

by Rachel Harmon

posted Jan 13, 2012

Photo Essay: Two years later, poverty, corruption, and health crises persist. But so does hope.

The (Remote-Controlled) War at Home

by Valerie Schloredt

posted Jan 12, 2012

One in three military aircraft is now a drone. How activists are trying to bring the moral implications of drone warfare to light.

Lucas Benitez: Dignity in the Fields

by Frances Moore Lappé

posted Jan 03, 2012

The YES! Breakthrough 15: In the tomato fields of Florida, fighting for our most exploited farm workers.

Eboo Patel: Crossing the Divide— With Faith

by Kate Malongowski

posted Jan 02, 2012

The YES! Breakthrough 15: Arming the world’s youth to be a force for compassion.

The 12 Most Hopeful Trends to Build On in 2012

by Sarah van Gelder

posted Dec 31, 2011

2011 was full of surprises, many of them the good kind. But which ones will matter in the coming year? Here's our pick of trends to watch.

War and Peacemaking in Liberia

by Seth Biderman

posted Dec 30, 2011

Former soldier Christian Bethelson’s only job skill was killing—until a chance meeting on a muddy road transformed his life, and many others through it.

Why Equality is Better for Everyone

by Kristy Leissle

posted Dec 27, 2011

Book Review: Richard Wilkinson and Kate Pickett's "The Spirit Level" shows how inequality—and misery—trickle up.

Taking on the Trade Laws of the 1 Percent

by John Cavanagh, Robin Broad

posted Dec 21, 2011

A protest at the World Bank supported El Salvador’s attempts to put human rights above corporate rights.

Curriculum & Resources: Civil Rights Curriculum

posted Dec 21, 2011

In 1942, Fred Korematsu was arrested and convicted for refusing to go with other Japanese Americans to incarceration camps mandated under President Franklin D. Roosevelt's Executive Order No. 9066. The Fred T. Korematsu Institute for Civil Rights and Education shares lesson plans, videos, and other classroom resources to teach students the importance of speaking up for civil rights for all.

Henry Red Cloud: Solar Warrior for Native America

by Talli Nauman

posted Dec 19, 2011

The YES! Breakthrough 15: Bringing renewable energy and jobs to reservations.

New Rights for California’s Undocumented

by Jen Horton

posted Dec 16, 2011

A handful of new laws this autumn will strengthen civil rights, improve access to education, and protect jobs for the state’s undocumented immigrants.

Occupy Wall Street on the Waterfront

by Madeline Ostrander

posted Dec 14, 2011

This week, protesters from Anchorage to Los Angeles coordinated a convtroversial mass effort to shut down the West Coast’s ports, “hitting Wall Street where it hurts the most.”