Video: Michelle Obama calls on men to promote women’s rights
First Lady Michelle Obama spoke to a group of young Africans in the Mandela Washington Fellows on Wednesday, telling the men in the audience that they are vitally important to … Continue reading
Video: Violence against women—it’s a men’s issue: Jackson Katz
Jackson Katz is an anti-sexist activist and expert on violence, media and masculinities. An author, filmmaker, educator and social theorist, Katz has worked in gender violence prevention work with diverse … Continue reading
Looking Back At The Trial That Made Rape A War Crime
After the Rwandan genocide, in which an estimated 800,000 people were slaughtered over a hundred days in 1994, the U.N. created the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda with the goal … Continue reading
Video: Israel and Palestine, A Brief Introduction
An animated history from Jewish Voice for Peace
Looking back to Jul. 29, 1910: Slocum Massacre in Texas
On July 29, 1910, citizens in the small, predominately African-American town of Slocum, Texas were massacred. That morning, hundreds of white citizens from the surrounding community converged on Slocum. Over the following … Continue reading
Howard Jacobson: Let’s see the ‘criticism’ of Israel for what it really is
Emotions have run high over recent events in Gaza. And in this impassioned and searching essay, our writer argues that just below the surface runs a vicious strain of ancient … Continue reading
Ruth Fowler: The risk of opposing Israel in the US
Today, as a woman of mixed Christian and Jewish background living in the United States, I do not feel free to express an opinion about the Gaza conflict without facing … Continue reading
Mel Packer: Coal Miners Are Mad…and Scared. And they have a right to be.
In 1968, the Mannington Mine in Farmington WV owned by Consol Coal, caught fire, blew up, and 78 miners were buried, many likely alive. In 1972, a Consol mine in … Continue reading
Judiciary Committee Examines the Effect of Gun Violence on Women in America
Washington, DC – Today the Senate Judiciary Committee held a hearing entitled “VAWA Next Steps: Protecting Women from Gun Violence.” With American women more than ten times more likely to … Continue reading
Video: What the 1% Don’t Want You to Know
Economist Paul Krugman explains how the United States is becoming an oligarchy – the very system our founders revolted against.
The Black Panel at Comic-Con: ‘African American culture is American culture’
The storied panel has become an institution of established mentors and frank discussion about characters and culture. Of the hundreds of panels available at Comic-Con, which drew to a close … Continue reading
Video: Jewish Voice for Peace
Produced by Jewish Voice for Peace, this video is a first of its kind expression of support for Palestinian freedom, equality and justice. Featuring a diverse group of celebrities, artists, and … Continue reading
Naomi Shihab Nye: Questions in July
Where does terror come from? Possibly from people who are terrified. Why does it hurt more when the killed were boys on a beach? They had the breath of the sea in their … Continue reading
Jimmy Carter and Mary Robinson: Gaza blockade must end
Israelis and Palestinians are still burying loved ones killed during Gaza’s third war in six years. Since 8 July, more than 1,800 Palestinian and 65 Israeli lives have been sacrificed. … Continue reading →