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Challenging Homophobia at the State Department’s Religious Freedom Summit

July 27, 2018 No Comments

The U.S. State Department hosted a Ministerial to Advance Religious Freedom from July 24 to 27, 2018 in Washington, D.C. A coalition of LGBTQIA faith leaders and human rights activists were present at the summit to bring voice to the needs and concerns of their communities regarding religious practice, social equality, freedom, and human & civil rights. During the morning

Violence and Nonviolence Intensify in Ambazonia

July 20, 2018 No Comments

The Central African country of Cameroon—whose tourist slogan for years was “all of Africa in one country”—presents itself as a unifier of diverse environments, languages, and culture in this nation located in the middle of the continent. The last weeks in Cameroon, however, suggest the worst of conflict, corruption, and colonialism, primarily relating to the country’s intensifying repression against the

Violence and Nonviolence Intensify in Ambazonia

July 20, 2018 No Comments

The Central African country of Cameroon—whose tourist slogan for years was “all of Africa in one country”—presents itself as a unifier of diverse environments, languages, and culture in this nation located in the middle of the continent. The last weeks in Cameroon, however, suggest the worst of conflict, corruption, and colonialism, primarily relating to the country’s intensifying repression against the

The NFL’s New Rule Aims to Silence Voices of Dissent

May 31, 2018 No Comments

Would women have the right to vote today if they were told by men to only protest inside their homes? Would African Americans have equal protection under the law if the civil rights movement was confined to the churches? Would farmers and migrant workers have just working conditions in the fields if they were forced to boycott only when it

The NFL’s New Rule Aims to Silence Voices of Dissent

May 31, 2018 No Comments

Would women have the right to vote today if they were told by men to only protest inside their homes? Would African Americans have equal protection under the law if the civil rights movement was confined to the churches? Would farmers and migrant workers have just working conditions in the fields if they were forced to boycott only when it

U.N. Peacekeeping: Are There Other Avenues for Armed Conflict Resolution?

May 24, 2018 No Comments

May 29, 2018 is the 70th anniversary of United Nations peacekeeping. The first U.N. peacekeeping mission was established on May 29, 1948 when the Security Council authorized the deployment of a small number of U.N. military observers to the Middle East to form the U.N. Truce Supervision Organization (UNTSO) to monitor the armistice agreement between Israel and its Arab neighbors.