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Mandela, Lincoln And The Tutsis: A Future Built On Forgiveness

Rabbi Shmuly Yanklowitz | Posted 06.06.2013 | Religion

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Forgiveness is hard, and sometimes seemingly impossible. However, before we decide that we cannot forgive, we should consider the price of not seeking forgiveness: Without it, there is no future.

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Madonna And Beyonce Teaming Up

Reuters | Posted 05.29.2013 | Impact

LONDON, May 28 (Reuters) - Singers Beyonce and Madonna, activist Gloria Steinem and Bishop Desmond Tutu will be among big names reaching out to a bi...

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Meeting with Ela Gandhi - An Interview with the Granddaughter of Mohandas Gandhi

Nicolas Rossier | Posted 05.13.2013 | Politics

Ela Gandhi is the granddaughter of Mohandas Gandhi, also known as 'Mahatma' (great soul) Gandhi, the man who famously led Indians to independence from their British colonizers in 1946. She was born in 1940 in the Phoenix Settlement in the Inanda district of KwaZulu Natal, South Africa.

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Desmond Tutu Released From Hospital

AP | Posted 04.29.2013 | Religion

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JOHANNESBURG — Retired Archbishop Desmond Tutu's foundation says the anti-apartheid hero was released from a hospital in Cape Town on Monday fol...

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Dear God, Do You Ever Get Discouraged?

Rev. Ruth Hawley-Lowry | Posted 06.16.2013 | Religion

My heart is breaking. I wept when I heard of the bombs in Boston. My heart had been celebrating before the news, but even that joy is tinged with sorrow.

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Desmond Tutu Wins $1.7 Million Templeton Prize

HuffingtonPost.com | Jaweed Kaleem | Posted 04.04.2013 | Religion

Desmond Tutu, the former Anglican archbishop of Cape Town who rose to international fame as he helped lead the fight against apartheid in South Africa...

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Voting Rights: Americans Died for It, the Free World Admires It, the Supreme Court Should Preserve It

Brent Budowsky | Posted 05.11.2013 | Politics

To uphold standing for a litigant whose record is so bad that it would be swept in under any law implies that those who would uphold Alabama in this case effectively oppose all voting rights for any Americans.

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The Appalling Silence of Good People

PJ Mintner | Posted 05.07.2013 | Gay Voices

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Every time I'm lukewarmly supportive, rather than being a passionate believer in social justice, I tell the world that I don't care about others, and I certainly don't care about myself.

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Desmond Tutu Not A Big Fan Of Drones

Ryan J. Reilly | Posted 04.15.2013 | Politics

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WASHINGTON -- Cape Town Archbishop Emeritis Desmond Tutu is "deeply disturbed" that a possible judicial review process of President Barack Obama's ta...

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My Hope for 2030: A World Without Child Marriage

Impatient Optimists | Posted 04.08.2013 | World

The harmful effects of child marriage are not limited to the girls themselves. When a girl is married, she is deprived of the opportunities -- educational, social and economic -- that would allow her to help lift her family and her community out of poverty.

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I Am Because You Are

Robert Koehler | Posted 03.26.2013 | Impact

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Their grief is too profound and too public. Their words have to be taken seriously -- allowed to mix with the politics and the self-interest and the fear, those generic trivializers of the national conversation.

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God Is Not A Christian: What Desmond Tutu Said To The Dalai Lama

Posted 01.08.2013 | Religion

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Adapted from THE WISDOM OF COMPASSION: Stories of Remarkable Encounters and Timeless Insights by His Holiness the Dalai Lama and Victor Chan by arrang...

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Desmond Tutu Starts Change.org Petition To Release Nobel Winner

Posted 12.10.2012 | Impact

When Liu Xiaobo won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2010 for his dedication to human rights in China, he and his wife were under house arrest. To this day, t...

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The Essence of Nobelity

GAIAM TV | Posted 02.06.2013 | Entertainment

Desmond Tutu points out that a solitary human being is a contradiction in terms. Our humanity, as the film brings home, is defined by the quality of our relations: how well we take care of each other, as well as our universal home.

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Tutu Urges Uganda To Drop Bid To Jail Gays And Lesbians

Religion News Service | Fredrick Nzwili | Posted 12.05.2012 | Religion

NAIROBI, Kenya (RNS) Nobel Laureate Archbishop Desmond Tutu on Tuesday (Dec. 4) urged Uganda to scrap a controversial draft law that would send gays a...

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Billionaire Awards Desmond Tutu $1 Million For "Speaking Truth To Power"

AP | Posted 10.04.2012 | Impact

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JOHANNESBURG -- A billionaire's foundation says it will give anti-apartheid hero Archbishop Desmond Tutu of South Africa an award for "speaking truth ...

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Bush and Blair Aren't Guilty of War Crimes in Iraq

Steven Strauss | Posted 11.26.2012 | World

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Leaders often face making difficult decisions, with limited information, under horrendous time pressure. We shouldn't criminalize mistakes and failures. But that doesn't mean we should reward gross ineptitude.

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Desmond Tutu Slams George Bush

AP | By DAVID STRINGER | Posted 09.02.2012 | World

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LONDON -- Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Desmond Tutu called Sunday for Tony Blair and George Bush to face prosecution at the International Criminal Court...

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'Stars Earn Stripes': Thoughts From a Veteran's Mom

Rev. Susan Russell | Posted 10.15.2012 | TV

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With both of my Anti-War/Pro-Vets hats firmly in place and in the fine company of nine Nobel Peace Prize winners -- this mom is calling on NBC to be ashamed of themselves.

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'Stars Earn Stripes' Criticized By Nobel Peace Prize Winners

AP | FRAZIER MOORE | Posted 10.13.2012 | TV

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NEW YORK — Nine Nobel Peace Prize winners are speaking out against a new NBC competition series they say treats military maneuvers like athletic...

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Collective Wisdom

Alan Briskin | Posted 09.24.2012 | Green

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Human well-being and nature's well-being are inextricably linked. Both the soul and the soil must be nurtured for life to have meaning, generativity, and significance. Yet too often we live with notions of scarcity, that there is not enough or that competing priorities necessitate painful sacrifices.

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Happy Birthday, Nelson Mandela!

Huffington Post UK | Sara C Nelson | Posted 09.16.2012 | Black Voices

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Celebrations will take place across the world tomorrow to mark Nelson Mandela’s 94th birthday. A Nobel peace laureate, Mandela spent 27 years in...

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Why We Love Men Who Love Women

Christine Horansky | Posted 08.18.2012 | Impact

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Growing up, I was blessed to have an encouraging dad along with male teachers and bosses who took the time to invest in me.

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Forgiveness: You Can't Have It Both Ways

Maria Mayo | Posted 07.22.2012 | Religion

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Conflating biblical understandings of forgiveness with individual, therapeutic notions distorts the biblical text and creates pressure on individual victims.

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Upending Political Vitriol

Robert V. Taylor | Posted 06.23.2012 | Politics

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Our culture and political process is adept at demonizing opposing points of view and candidates. What if, instead of accepting this as the norm, we embrace a proactive response that insists on a new discourse?

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