This Veterans Day, the Centennial of the Unknown Soldier, Skip the Platitudes and Talk to a Veteran
In the American ritual calendar, two days celebrate those who’ve served in the armed forces….
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Must We Burn Something to Get Attention?: 50 Years After the Catonsville Nine
If we think about Catonsville not just as a curiosity, a minor episode in the history of radical chic, but as a provocation or a template, what do we learn? Must Americans burn something to get attention? Must religious protesters be arrested?
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Warpaint: What Does George W. Bush See in His “Portraits of Courage”?
There’s an explosion on nearly every other page of George W. Bush’s Portraits of Courage:…
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Don’t Overlook Endless War in Rise of ISIS
Capital in the Twenty-First Century made Thomas Piketty that rarest kind of celebrity: the academic…
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When a friend recently saw me carrying around a galley of Karen Armstrong’s latest book Fields…
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Talking Justice on Twitter: “We Are Breaking Down Barriers”
“As a Muslim Bangladeshi, social media has transported me across the world…”
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Violent, Genocidal Anti-Palestinian Rhetoric Moving to US?
For decades, Jewish leaders outside of Israel have publicly supported the Israeli government, but they have expressed regret for the souls lost on both sides. Is that rhetoric changing?
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As Gaza Burns, Jews Disagree, Protest & Pray
Human rights groups methodically tally each man, woman and child killed in Gaza (797 as…
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Read MoreHow to Slow Down the Rush to War: What Obama Should Do About Syria
Time to take responsiblity—peacefully—for global well-being.
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