Coming Soon to a Neighborhood Near You
After almost four decades of relative calm and complacency, there are signs that the social mood is beginning to sour.
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.
WLWT.com | Posted 01.03.2009 | Home
A Tri-State woman is in critical condition Wednesday after police say her husband shot her while they were having sex. Timothy Havens, 38, told Sprin...
Anita Thompson | Posted 12.31.2008 | Living
I'm not a sociologist or a psychologist, but can anyone explain how you can continue to shop after a man has just been trampled to death?
Indra Adnan | Posted 12.14.2008 | Politics
Perhaps all that is needed is a good role model for soft power: someone who seeks to engage rather than stand off, capable of dialogue not just debate.
Jim Wallis | Posted 12.11.2008 | Politics
Children of color, indeed of all colors, across America woke up on Wednesday morning not just to a new day, but a new world.
Lee Stranahan | Posted 12.02.2008 | Politics
My friend Harry has two daughters aged five and eight who were with him when this attack occurred near Woodland Hills, a residential suburb of Los Angeles.
Lee Stranahan | Posted 11.24.2008 | Politics
All I know is that I drove into the 'right' side of town with an Obama-Biden sticker on the back of my car when I was approached by thugs riding snowmachines.
Ellis Dean | Posted 11.13.2008 | Home
In the video of a McCain event, a small, solemn group of patriots - average age about 75 - sings a chorus of "God Bless America," as if to inoculate themselves against the idea that a "colored boy" (insert your own euphemism) might possibly defile the White House with his presence.
Michael J. Panzner | Posted 03.30.2009 | Politics