Mar 21, 2019 | FORusa Affiliate, FORusa Feature, FORusa Publications, Interfaith, International, Reparations
I’m Puerto Rican, but I didn’t learn much about the history of Puerto Rico or the political implications of its being a territory of the United States until I was a freshman at Brooklyn College. It was devastating but not surprising that I would learn so little about...
Mar 12, 2019 | FORusa Feature, Human Rights, International, Nonviolence, Peacebuilding
Testimony of Mel Duncan before the House Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs of the United States Congress (March 12, 2019). Madame Chair Lowey, Ranking Member Rogers, and Distinguished Members of the Committee,...
Mar 11, 2019 | FORusa Feature, International
I went to Iran in late February with a peace delegation of 28 Americans organized by CODEPINK, a women-led peace activist group. The first day in Iran we had a very fruitful hour-and-half conversation with Javad Zarif, the Foreign Minister of Iran. He listened to our...
Feb 28, 2019 | International, News
Vijay Prashad’s insightful post (“Notes from the Streets of Venezuela: The People Are Resilient in the Face of Intervention,” Feb. 26, 2019, Independent Media Institute via CommonDreams) reveals some vital on-the-ground realities in Venezuela today....
Feb 25, 2019 | Demilitarization, FORusa Feature, International, Nuclear Proliferation
On February 27-28, the leaders of the United States and North Korea will meet in Hanoi, Vietnam. The place of the meeting has symbolic overtones, especially for Americans, that the earlier summit in Singapore did not. The new summit will build on the earlier summit,...
Feb 8, 2019 | Demilitarization, FORusa Feature, Human Rights, International, Nonviolence
By an Anonymous Zimbabwean What happens when known killers are promoted to the most senior positions in government, the military, and state-run offices? What happens when cruelty and coldness achieve the same social status as bravery and courage? Answer: the result...
