Aug 6, 2020 8 min Bad Words: How Our Language Can Normalize dehumanization and License Violence by Herb Geraghty — What exactly are bad words? The first things that probably come to your mind are a couple of four letter expletives....
Aug 6, 2020 3 min Torture and Truth: A Review of "The Report" by Herb Geraghty — With its star studded cast that includes the talents of Adam Driver, Annette Bening, Michael C. Hall, and Jon Hamm,...
Mar 18, 2020 1 min Poetry: Time by Grace Przywara For J & T I. About a minute to sift through what termination would mean: one less child in the broken, breaking system....
Mar 18, 2020 5 min Building Networks and Bridges: the Consistent Life Network In today’s work for peace and justice, connectivity and shared intelligence are often game-changers.
Mar 18, 2020 9 min Making War Obsolete: An Interview with John Reuwer of World Beyond War It is hard to remember a time the United States has not been at war.
Mar 18, 2020 6 min Abortion Workers and the Right to Live Free from Violence “They’re so pro-life, they’ll kill you for it.”
Mar 17, 2020 4 min What Personal Storytelling Leaves Out: A Suggestion on Alternate Approaches to Activism by John Whitehead -- A common practice among activists or commentators on political controversies is to invoke personal stories. Someone...
Mar 17, 2020 5 min Suicide Prevention for All Assisted suicide allows physicians, health care providers, and the legal system to put their own interests before the interests of the...
Mar 17, 2020 6 min Having a Child with an Adverse Fetal Diagnosis: A Personal Testimony by Sarah St. Onge Connors -- When the editors of Life Matters Journal reached out to me and offered to let me tell my story here, I...
Aug 30, 2019 7 min Thoughts On Language by Stephanie Hauer -- The language we use is vital. The words we choose shape our understanding of the world around us and the ideas we...
Aug 30, 2019 3 min Raising (Pro-Life) Feminist Children by Christy Yao -- Anyone can tell you that parenting is hard. As hard as parenting might be already, the task becomes even more...
Aug 30, 2019 3 min Using Your Talent for Good: Laura Schaefer Interview by Herb Geraghty The AIM Women's Center offers free confidential care and resources to pregnant people and parents in Steubenville, Ohio....
Aug 30, 2019 3 min I Wish I Had Instructions by Mary Grace Coltharp -- Anyone can think about the violence and injustice suffered by a fellow human being. It takes no courage to get...
Aug 30, 2019 8 min How to Avoid Two Extremes of Pro-Life Advocacy by Rachel Crawford -- Editor’s Note: This article was originally published on the blog of the Equal Rights Institute at...
Aug 30, 2019 6 min How Disabled People (and Others) Can Be Activists from Home by Sarah Terzo — When most people think of activism, they think of rallies, marches, and demonstrations. All of these are important and...
Aug 30, 2019 15 min Healing the Heritage of Trauma: a review of The Body Keeps the Score and Running On Empty by Aimee Murphy -- All of your flaws and all of my flaws They lie there hand in hand Ones we've inherited, ones that we learned They pass...
Aug 30, 2019 3 min N.H. Death Penalty Repealed in Bipartisan Move by Kelly Matula -- On May 30, 2019, a bipartisan coalition of lawmakers made New Hampshire the twenty-first state to abolish the death...
Aug 30, 2019 2 min Poetry: Heavyfeather Vignettes by Summer Wright -- !:Pigeon with a tumor on his left foot on Fifth Ave. limps toward crumbs tossed from deep translucent bag. Eats food...
Apr 30, 2019 8 min Trapped at Guantanamo: Rehumanizing the Face of Injustice by Josie Setzler — On a frigid January afternoon in DC, human rights advocates rallied in front of the White House to mark yet another...
Apr 30, 2019 1 min Poetry: Efficiency by Lilianna Meldrum -- “If there are signs of life, check vital signs Until signs cease.” Patience is tantamount To the slow wheels of...
