At a recent Comicpalooza the actor Patrick Stewart strayed far from questions about his role as Captain of the Enterprise to talk about the abuse his father heaped on his mother, some of the trauma his father endured during WWII, and offers an appeal to all of us (men especially) [...]

Britain’s This Is Abuse campaign has come up with some powerful video shorts. This is one.

[Here's an oldie-goldie from my still-extant but no longer updated blog exploring Christian feminism, "Are Men Really Human?"] Today, a dear friend unintentionally brought me face to face with my own anger. I had sent her links to an article blasting her ministry as unbiblical and “liberal.” Indignant, I was [...]

It might seem an odd moment to look back at the Iraq War, and at a speech given by Chris Hedges in 2004. Our President, inaugurated for the second time just yesterday, has drawn that war to a close. Further, he spoke in his Second Inaugural of reaching out in [...]

Two groups of preteens gaze up at their teachers. They’d all been asked exactly the same question, but each group responded with answers that were exactly opposite. Both sets of kids live in Chicago, yet they are from contrasting parts of our divided city and attend extremely different schools.     [...]

Solitary. Our assumption is that those experiencing solitary confinement in prisons “deserve it” or are somehow in need of such treatment. A recent investigation by the New York Civil Liberties Union finds that reality does not match up with preconceived expectations. In addition to the below video, a hefty printed [...]

In words that were astonishingly cruel and unfeeling, an Israeli Judge ruled that American activist Rachel Corrie’s death while trying to stop the bulldozing of a house in Occupied Palestine was “accidental.” The incident occurred, he

[Complete video and text.] August 28, 1963, the Reverend Martin Luther King delivered one of the most important, eloquent speeches in American History. Perhaps it was the single most

UPDATED: (August 28) The United Nations has called on Gambia today to cease and desist executing groups of prisoners there. UPDATED: International outcry followed the reported executions of 9 inmates in Gambia last night (August 24). Amnesty International’s sources state that 8 men and 1 woman were executed, 3 for [...]

Despite appeals from both religious and ethical leaders across the world, the State of Texas has again executed a prisoner. To quote Amnesty International, According to his most recent test, Marvin Wilson has an IQ of 61 (most states bar executions for those with IQs at 70 or below). That [...]