We all die in some manner or another, but an act of human will, of intentionality, a choice by one person to harm another, is not the same as an act -- or accident -- of nature or a cruel vagary of fate.
Frank Schaeffer | Posted 04.12.2009 | Politics
Before you dismiss the ranting of Limbaugh, Coulter et al remember this: people like me built an army of angry religious nuts that are still out there following today's hot right wing leaders.
csmonitor.com | Tom A. Peter | Posted 04.09.2009 | World
HADI SADOUN, IRAQ - When Sheikh Jamal Sadoun, a prominent Sunni accused of working with the US, returned to his once sprawling eight-bedroom farmhouse...
Jenna Henry Hansen | Posted 04.09.2009 | Media
The objective in the interactive game RapeLay is for your "character" to stalk then brutally rape women, as many as possible.
Diane Dimond | Posted 04.09.2009 | World
Mexico's problem has become our problem in a big way. The retiring CIA chief, Michael Hayden, says Mexico could rank right next to Iran and Iraq as the biggest challenge for President Obama.
Naazish YarKhan | Posted 04.03.2009 | World
Aasiya Hassan's murder is horrific, but perhaps her story will give our community reason for pause and encourage countless other women to journey out of violence.
Matthew Weiner | Posted 04.02.2009 | World
If a Jew or Christian commits domestic violence, will the media report it as a religious act? Yet when domestic violence occurs between Muslims, there is strong condemnation by their leadership.
Michael J. Panzner | Posted 03.30.2009 | Politics
After almost four decades of relative calm and complacency, there are signs that the social mood is beginning to sour.
Kevin Powell | Posted 03.15.2009 | Politics
While Rihanna and Chris Brown are major pop stars, hence all the media coverage, we must not forget that violence against women happens every single day on this planet without any notice from most of us.
Charlotte Hilton Andersen | Posted 03.14.2009 | Living
I'm no celebrity and I'm certainly not a lawyer -- but I have been a victim of dating violence. And I did what only about 5 percent of victims do: I pressed charges and took my boyfriend to court.
Melissa Gira Grant | Posted 03.09.2009 | World
The Bush administration has supported the raids of Cambodian brothels for at least as long as Kristof has been demanding they step up a fight they are already in -- and losing.
Marianne Schnall | Posted 03.05.2009 | World
The stories that come out of the Congo include females being raped by militia men in front of their families and rape victims ranging from as young as six months to as old as 83 years.
Simcha Leventhal | Posted 03.03.2009 | World
As a veteran of the Israeli Defense Forces, I am stunned that the soldiers of my country are firing artillery into a densely populated city.
Daoud Kuttab | Posted 03.02.2009 | World
Israel's latest assault on Gaza showed a very weak attempt at avoiding civilian deaths and injuries or the destruction of infrastructure. Similarly, Hamas rockets showed lack of concern for Israeli civilians.
Frank Schaeffer | Posted 02.27.2009 | Media
American success terrifies some on the right. They know America's success and President Obama's success is, for now, one and the same.
Arthur Rosenfeld | Posted 02.27.2009 | Living
If we are going to strive to be the best people we can be, then we have to be aware of the flow of energy within us and consider how even our virtual worlds affect us.
Terry Real | Posted 02.20.2009 | Living
It is in everyone's interest -- the victim, the bully and the bystander -- to create a safe environment in which respect for one another is not just a voluntary matter but a baseline norm that we insist upon.
Helen Benedict | Posted 02.14.2009 | Politics
Iraq War veterans seem to be killing and hurting themselves and others more than veterans of any other war in American history.
Jim Wallis | Posted 02.09.2009 | Politics
What we continue to lack is the kind of real political solution to the Israeli/Palestinian conflict that could finally make a "ceasefire" endure.
Peter Clothier | Posted 02.06.2009 | World
You can't have a neighbor continuously lobbing missiles into your back yard. There is an age-old right to self-defense. Even essentially pacifist and non-violent Buddhism does not deny this right.
Cenk Uygur | Posted 01.30.2009 | Politics
The Bush administration demanded -- against the advice of nearly every expert in the field and the Israeli government -- that the Palestinians hold elections. They did. Hamas won.
Mikko Alanne | Posted 01.26.2009 | Politics
In America, violence against gays, lesbians, and transgendered people most often begins in hateful and intolerant words spoken in right-wing churches like Rick Warren's Saddleback.
Jessicah Curtis | Posted 01.23.2009 | World
Both Serbs and Albanians in Mitrovica, particularly those under 30, seemed tired of maintaining the levels of inter-ethnic hatred seen during the war.
Sarah Tofte | Posted 01.19.2009 | Politics
These high rates of violence against women should serve as a wake-up call that more must be done to address the problem of sexual violence in the US.
Jamie Malanowski | Posted 01.15.2009 | Entertainment
It's a weird way to mark the season of peace, but it must be said that Hollywood's willingness to spike the eggnog with a bit of blood has led to some interesting mash-ups.
Peter Daou | Posted 04.13.2009 | World