Human Rights
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Responding to Domestic Extremism Through Nonviolent Resistance
Today, we face new threats of extremism that threaten to disrupt and erode personal freedom and peaceful coexistence. These growing dangers require alternative approaches to the use of force with a new generation of brave soldiers. In time, their quiet… Continue reading
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From Gaza to Washington: Political Violence Versus Peaceful Action
Yesterday’s shooting in Washington D.C. is yet another example of how global events impact every one of us. When evil and injustice are left unaddressed, anger and hatred grow, stifling hope with further despair. Continue reading
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Rehumanizing Our World: The Path to Lasting Peace
As peace remains elusive in the Middle East and Ukraine, friendships are broken, foes are made, and anxiety grows. Like a viral contagion, injustice and conflict affect everyone, regardless of where they occur. Continue reading
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The Urgent Need for Global Peace
To the informed observer it’s clear we are increasingly in dangerous times. This isn’t alarmist thinking, it is the reality we collectively face. Continue reading
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Why the Civil Rights Movement Matters Today
Today, we are at risk of losing the social equity and institutional reforms necessary to make segregation, discrimination, and racism a true reality of the past. Contrary to common misconceptions that presume the Civil Rights movement is “over” or “settled… Continue reading
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The Growing Humanitarian Crisis in Gaza: Learning from the Past
The United Nations characterizes the situation on the ground in Gaza as a “worst-case scenario,” including Israel’s continued weaponization of access to food and water as “a war crime.” As the humanitarian crisis grows by the day, so does the… Continue reading
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The Promise for Future Generations
Despair and cruelty are on the rise. Hope and goodness is how we’ll persevere. Continue reading
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How Caring for Global Neighbors Transforms Society
We live in a time marked by a dramatic shift toward national isolationism and exceptionalism. By cutting healthcare and social development programs, antagonizing friendly and cooperative foreign neighbors, enforcing inhumane immigration policies targeting individuals from less wealthy and influential countries… Continue reading
Matt Till 