A recent study by Pew Research found that Democrats with a solid background in science are more likely to correctly believe that humans are causing climate change. But Republicans tend to deny climate science regardless of their scientific acumen. “Thus, it could be the case that people’s political orientations are an anchoring point for applying…
Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld in 2004 poses for pictures with soldiers, marines and airman outside the Abu Ghraib Detention Center, in Iraq. Wikicommons/ US Air force. Some rights reserved. General Lloyd Austin, the outgoing head of US Central Command (CENTCOM), recently testified before Congress, suggesting that Washington needed to up its troop levels…
“I call you Saint Richard. Because that’s who you are.” It’s four in the morning—modern life’s most vulnerable hour—when a semi-depressed 14-year-old with light insomnia catches the beginning of an infomercial starring Richard Simmons. It’s the late ‘80s, and Simmons, in his signature tank-top and silky shorts, sits across a woman named Rosa. Rosa is, by her own estimation…
The Disarmament Sculpture outside the UN building, New York. Luke Redmond/Flickr. Some rights reserved.To the vast majority of people 'disarmament' may sound like an ancient practice that Cold War rivals developed to maintain the balance of power. The concept itself has fallen into abeyance as it has failed to remain high on the agenda of…
It may be hard to believe, but we’re only 75 days into Donald Trump’s presidency. That means there are 1,385 days left in his first term—and any scenario that suggests otherwise is too far-fetched to take seriously. Meanwhile, politics-related stress is spiking: In January, a Harris Poll survey of 3,500 people revealed that nearly 70 percent of respondents were stressed…
Due Process of Law Foundation/Jaume Escarta. All rights reserved. After World War II, a paradigm of States’ promotion of social welfare was predominant in several western governments, including those that lead the peace conferences that galvanized the constitutive instruments of the United Nations. This environment influenced the drafting of the Universal Declaration of Human…
When director Sasha Rainbow heard “Alpha Female,” the latest single from Wild Beasts’ album Boy King, she immediately thought of India where an explosive skateboarding scene is empowering a generation of young women. “In places like Afghanistan, Cambodia, and India, skating has not been solidified as a male sport and, therefore, has had a massive…
Kitchen knives. Meat cleavers. Scissors. Stones. The current weapons of choice used by Palestinians in this latest wave of violence in Israel and the West Bank. At the time of writing, 22 Israelis, 150 Palestinians, an American and an Eritrean have been killed. In the past three months, there have been 105 stabbings – and…
One of the most widespread concerns about Trump’s presidency was that his disrespectful attitudes towards women and minorities would foment a permissive culture of misogyny and racism among his supporters. On Saturday, that behavior was on full display as an alleged white supremacist was captured on video punching a female protestor in the face. The clash among pro-Trump and anti-Trump “Antifa”…
PCSJA members honour those who lost their lives for standing up for peace in Colombia’s civil war. (www.cdpsanjose.org)Last summer – one year after finishing The Power of Staying Put – I went back to La Holandita, Colombia, home to the Peace Community of San José de Apartadó (PCSJA). My admiration for the PCSJA’s perseverance, resourcefulness…