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Give MARCH autographed by Rep. John Lewis for the holidays!

United States Congressman and civil rights leader John Lewis said that he didn’t have the ten cents to buy FOR’s Martin Luther King and the Montgomery Story when it came out, but someone gave the comic book to him. As it happened,

December 18, 2016 No Comments

Give MARCH autographed by Rep. John Lewis for the holidays!

United States Congressman and civil rights leader John Lewis said that he didn’t have the ten cents to buy FOR’s Martin Luther King and the Montgomery Story when it came out, but someone gave the comic book to him. As it happened,

December 18, 2016 No Comments

Dealing with Humiliation

It has always struck me that in our country, it is OK for anyone who has been denied justice to be angry about it – except for black people. For some reason, our oppressors have made it nearly a mortal

December 13, 2016 No Comments

Human Rights Day, A Call to Care

December 10th marks the U.N. Human Rights Day, celebrating and upholding the indispensable and crucial declaration of universal human rights. On the eve of this event, I visited a refugee camp housing 700 families in Kabul. Conditions in refugee camps can be

December 11, 2016 No Comments

Human Rights Day, A Call to Care

December 10th marks the U.N. Human Rights Day, celebrating and upholding the indispensable and crucial declaration of universal human rights. On the eve of this event, I visited a refugee camp housing 700 families in Kabul. Conditions in refugee camps can be

December 11, 2016 No Comments

Mother of Exiles: #lovetrumpshate

In 2016, President-elect Donald Trump threatened to put Muslim citizens on a registry, once elected. Let’s continue building a nation that welcomes all people in 2017. The New Colossus by Emma Lazarus (1883) Not like the brazen giant of Greek fame, With

December 10, 2016 No Comments

Mother of Exiles: #lovetrumpshate

In 2016, President-elect Donald Trump threatened to put Muslim citizens on a registry, once elected. Let’s continue building a nation that welcomes all people in 2017. The New Colossus by Emma Lazarus (1883) Not like the brazen giant of Greek fame, With

December 10, 2016 No Comments

See How We Live

Here in Kabul, I’m generally an early riser at the home of the Afghan Peace Volunteers, but I’m seldom alone. Facing exams, my young friends awaken early and then stay up late to study. Before sunrise this morning, eighteen year

December 8, 2016 No Comments

See How We Live

Here in Kabul, I’m generally an early riser at the home of the Afghan Peace Volunteers, but I’m seldom alone. Facing exams, my young friends awaken early and then stay up late to study. Before sunrise this morning, eighteen year

December 8, 2016 No Comments

Continuing Genocidal Dangers of the Darfur Conflicts

Displaced persons with water tank in Geneina, West Darfur in 2007. (Photo: Courtesy of WikiCommons) 9 December is the anniversary of the 1948 Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide. The Genocide Convention is a landmark in the

December 7, 2016 No Comments

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