World Peace

Obama's Nobel Prize Is Really a Tribute to American Voters

Robert Creamer | Posted 10.10.2009 | Politics


Robert Creamer

This award celebrates the fact that American voters chose a President committed to progressive values, instead of pre-emptive war and the Neo-Con theories of unilateral action.

Dear Mr. President: Make This a Real Peace Prize

Deepak Chopra | Posted 10.09.2009 | Politics


Deepak Chopra

Peace begins with those who have the power to make peace. Obama stands in a unique position in this regard. We've turned the corner from Bush's belligerence, but avowing peace isn't the same as action.

I Accept Your Peace Prize: An Open Letter to the Nobel Committee

Noam Biale | Posted 10.09.2009 | World


Noam Biale

This year's prize is a recognition not just of nine months of leadership, but of a generation of civil rights struggle that culminated in November's election.

On the Politics of Giving and Receiving -- Obama and the Peace Prize

MJR Montoya | Posted 10.12.2009 | World


MJR Montoya

During the Nobel ceremonies, President Obama should graciously re-gift the prize, and he should instead recast it as recognition of those who have suffered through the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.

Rennie Davis 3.0

Alexia Parks | Posted 11.21.2009 | Denver


Alexia Parks

These days Rennie Davis, one of the Chicago 7, tells listeners from his home base in Longmont that world is "not solid, objective or real, but a psychological construct" whose origin lies within each one of us.

Ayatollah Khamenei: Saving Face is Never Worth Sacrificing Citizens

Patricia DeGennaro | Posted 08.02.2009 | World


Patricia DeGennaro

The Iranians are determined and tenacious and, like those before them, will bear the unwelcome and often deadly burden of change. But such change must occur without US involvement.

AFS: World Peace Begins in High School

Jim Luce | Posted 06.06.2009 | World


Jim Luce

I would not be who I am today -- and the organization I founded, Orphans International Worldwide -- would not exist, if it were not for my life-impacting experiences with AFS.

2,870 Mayors for Peace: Does Yours Belong?

Jim Luce | Posted 06.04.2009 | World


Jim Luce

It is possible to disarm all nuclear weaponry by 2020. It is do-able. For the sake of our orphans, for the sake of your own families' children, let us commit ourselves to believing this.

The Obama Dividend: Is World Peace Finally Possible?

Randall Amster | Posted 02.28.2009 | Politics


Randall Amster

The path to peace, while bolstered by Obama's presence, is perhaps rockier now than ever before. Peace has moved from becoming a remote ideal to a true necessity.

Dr. King's True Legacy: A Lesson for Progressives in the Age of Obama

Kimberle Crenshaw | Posted 02.27.2009 | Politics


Kimberle Crenshaw

Not only must we re-dedicate ourselves to King's civil rights mission along with the world peace mission, we must see the two as being so utterly linked that one cannot exist without the other.

I Vote for Peace

Dr. Susan Corso | Posted 01.29.2009 | Living


Dr. Susan Corso

There is no common definition of peace. Instead, it means different things at different times to different people. True peace is a dynamic way of being in the world wherein all are blessed.

Obama is an Expat's Dream Come True: The Son of a Global Citizen

Vivian Norris de Montaigu | Posted 06.14.2008 | Politics


Vivian Norris de Montaigu

Obama's mother gave a precious gift to her son, the life of both an Americanand that of human being who feels at home in many different cultures, allowing to see the similarities between us all.

How Business Can Save The World

Boston Globe | Matthew Battles | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business


When Milton Friedman famously stated that "the social responsibility of business is to increase profits," he furnished ammunition to both free market ...