4 Dec, 2021
Critical race—to the bottom
My people came to the US in a wave of late 19th century immigration that was fueled by the trauma of endless wars in Europe...
4 Dec, 2021
1 Dec, 2018
Protecting the most vulnerable from genocide
“Ghosts of European colonialism still haunt us today even in the 21st century. This was evident from the untimely death...
15 Feb, 2017
The Great American Awakening
“Old wounds break open. Deep, encrusted wrongs are suddenly visible. The streets flow with anger and solidarity. The past and...
28 Sep, 2016
The Long, Long Journey to Female Equality
“With the possibility of America’s first woman president looming, it’s appropriate to consider the monumental struggle for gender equality.” James...
19 Sep, 2016
Human Decency Moves Civilization Forward
“Remember a semi-comic Cold War movie, “The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming”? A deadly Soviet Union nuclear submarine”...
7 Sep, 2016
How Democrats and Republicans switched beliefs
“Strangely, over a century, America’s two major political parties gradually reversed identities, like the magnetic poles of Planet Earth switching...
7 Sep, 2016
Thrown Under the Automated Bus
“Automation isn’t coming. It’s here. At the airport, the public library, the grocery store, and dozens of other places, touch...
1 Sep, 2016
Reflections on the Anthropocene
“This is a little too big to simply call “news.” Indeed, I can’t move beyond these words — especially that...
17 Jul, 2016
Nonviolent History: South Africa’s Port Elizabeth Boycott Begins July 15, 1985
“On July 15, 1985, South Africans in the Port Elizabeth Township began a boycott of white-owned businesses to undermine the...
28 Jun, 2016
The Nonviolent History of American Independence
“Often minimized in our history books, the tactics of nonviolent action played a powerful role in achieving American Independence from...
23 Jun, 2016
Helen Keller: Socialist, Pacifist, Women’s & Workers’ Rights Advocate
“The name Helen Keller conjures up, for many people, a deaf-blind-mute girl learning to communicate via sign language. It is...
20 Jun, 2016
Celebrating Grace Lee Boggs
“On June 27, 1915, Grace Lee Boggs was born in Providence, Rhode Island, above her father’s restaurant. Grace later said,...
11 May, 2016
Blue Revolution – Kuwaiti Women Gain Suffrage
“This week in nonviolent history commemorates the successful conclusion of Kuwait’s Blue Revolution. On May 17th, 2005, Kuwaiti women gained...
5 May, 2016
President Obama should meet A-Bomb survivors, and heed their call to Ban the Bomb
“President Obama is considering a visit to Hiroshima during the G-7 economic summit in Japan later this month. Hiroshima is...
5 May, 2016
Getting the Story Wrong: The Distortion of American Politics by the Press
“Ever since the foundation of the American Republic, there has been both praise for and suspicion of the role the...