Like many believers in peace, I opposed the draft in principle, but I don't think I grasped the human face of it until recently. My...

Among Star Trek fans – and I consider myself one – The Wrath of Khan is often hailed as the best film in the series. Driven by great...

I left at 9 p.m. on July 6th, and returned home by 8 a.m. on July 15th. I gave up more than a week of what was supposed to be the most...

This is an interview with Heather Beaudoin, a national advocacy coordinator for Conservatives Concerned About the Death Penalty. ...

The following is a transcript of a speech given at an anti-war rally by Nicholas Neal, a student at SIU Carbondale and a leader in the...

The consistent life ethic is spreading in the mind of the community. There is more and more discussion of it, even by pro-choice...

When I told some of my friends that I would be going to the 2013 Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) to help launch...

“The Scourged Back,” so dubbed by Kathleen Collins, is an image that pops up in the mind of most people when thinking of American...

According to Eric Garris of the website AntiWar.Blog, Oklahoma state representative Paul Wesselhöft will be leading an anti-war rally on...

Detainees at the U.S. military base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, have been on hunger strike since early this year. The strike began in...

BY MARY KRANE DERR The right to access the full range of voluntary family planning methods is often neglected or actively undermined in...

BY LILIANNA SERBICKI Swollen, a dream on its way to fruition; Nothing romantic. Lense (soft-focus) gone. Real fruit bruises; a real fruit...

BY AIMEE BEDOY I am writing this ten years to the day that those towers fell. And ten years later, I want us to discuss what we have...

BY NICHOLAS NEAL The abolition of the death penalty in Illinois began when Governor George Ryan placed a moratorium on capital punishment...

BY AIMEE BEDOY & STEVEN OETJEN A quandary of major proportions faces our nation in this day and age. It could be a matter of life and...

BY NICHOLAS NEAL & AIMEE BEDOY On Tuesday, August 23rd, the rebel forces in Libya stormed Gadhafi's capital of Tripoli, thus declaring...

BY BILL SAMUEL What should our attitude -- as individuals, social movements and nations -- be toward war? When, if ever, is war...

BY OLIVIA MELDRUM While I am mistress of my mind, You will sleep safely every hour. No morning will you wake to find My warmth turned...

BY JULIA SMUCKER It's that time of year again -- or has been, since sometime last year. The mud is flying left and right as a motley...

BY NICHOLAS NEAL We often hear partisan pundits criticize their opponents for the opponents' inconsistencies about killing people. We...