Lands managed by Afro-descendant peoples in the Amazon experience dramatically lower deforestation and house some of the planet’s richest ecosystems—showing how centuries-old stewardship can guide global conservation.
As a professor who has spent more than forty years studying questions of war and peace, international law and relations —and above all, the […]
“A dictator is a dictator — male or female. Power wears no gender.” The Mirage of Progress They said it was a new dawn.A […]
In On a Highway to Hell, former weapons inspector and anti-nuclear activist Scott Ritter alerted us to an ominous threshold crossed last September, warning that […]
Robert Amalemba in Nairobi Over the weekend, Kenyans learned that a 31-year-old teacher and blogger, Albert Ojwang, had died in police custody. He was […]
In recent months, the viability of France’s nuclear arsenal has been making headlines with talk of a French “nuclear umbrella”that might shield its allies on […]
Haiti Action Committee is honored to publish this powerful statement from the Women’s Interdepartmental Coalition of Haiti. The statement, released to commemorate International Women’s […]
February 2025 * Combatants for Peace, Israel and Palestine, 2025 [3] At a time of great crisis and change, we write in continued and consistent […]
07Mar 2025 7th March, 2025 Press release RE-ARMAMENT OF EUROPE IS NOT THE WAY – PEACE IS THE WAY —————————————————————————————– Mairead Corrigan Maguire, Nobel […]
By Joe Piette Activists marched from Philadelphia City Hall to an Apple store in solidarity with the movement to free Congo on Oct. 19. Philadelphia, […]
After news broke that Han Kang—the South Korean author—had won the Nobel Prize for Literature, her father—the novelist Han Seung-won—asked her where she wanted to hold a […]
On Wednesday, May 9, 2018, New Vision ran a story, Parents’ Reluctance Retards School Feeding Policy. And on Friday, May 11, 2018, the same […]
The actual cause of the climate crisis is the anthropogenic emission of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere since the start of the industrial revolution. But the proximate cause—the […]
A still from the short film ‘Sorry Cinema’ by Ahmed Hassouna, part of a film project produced by Palestinian director Rashid Masharawi. (Courtesy of […]
The current humanitarian crisis caused by M23 could have been prevented if the United Nations had acted in 2019 when we first raised the […]
On Monday, June 10, Leonard Peltier, the longest-held political prisoner in the United States, just got his first parole hearing in over 15 years. […]
22 Apr 2024 – The health of the planet and the health of the people are One, maintained through the cycle of food, the […]
Peaceful protest, violent response – that says it all. Human politics – from global to local – remain mixed with hatred, dominance and . […]
Volker Türk, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights – TRANSCEND Media Service 3 May 2024 – When I think of the values of journalism, […]
In response to the humanitarian crisis triggered by the M23 rebel group’s aggression in North Kivu in 2021, over three million people have been […]
According to the official calendar, the Olympic Games took place for the first time in 776 BC in the Greek city of Olym- pia […]
On Sunday, April 21, 2024, our team visited two groups at the Bulengo IDP camps near Goma, North Kivu, including the Catholic Community. On […]
17 Apr 2024 – For my first post on Political Therapy I am sharing this piece by the beloved Morton Deutsch, PhD, 1920 – […]
‘I was very happy but of course that is not to say that I see a Nobel Peace Prize as something that is perfect.’ […]
22 Mar 2024 – In recent past weeks, the situation in Haiti has drawn international attention due to reports of escalating violence. Various media […]
