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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, 20193 min read


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, 20193 min read


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, 20198 min read


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, 20196 min read


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, 201915 min read


N.H. Death Penalty Repealed in Bipartisan Move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, 20193 min read


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...
Aug 30, 20192 min read


Four Ways to Support Pregnant & Parenting Students
by Ashlen Sandoz — Women are told far too often that we can not succeed at both accomplishing our dreams and being parents. A lot of...
Jun 7, 20192 min read


An Open Letter to Governor Kay Ivey
By Maria Oswalt — Dear Governor Ivey, As a pro-life woman who was born and raised in Alabama I have a deep and complicated love for my...
May 30, 20192 min read


Hospital Threatens to Euthanize Woman Who Says “I Want to Live”
by Herb Geraghty — Catie Cassidy is a 64-year-old woman with lung cancer who needs oxygen to remain comfortable. According to the Diane...
Apr 30, 20192 min read


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, 20198 min read


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...
Apr 30, 20191 min read


Life after Roe: A Restorative Justice Proposal
by Christina Yao -- One of the most often heard arguments from pro-choice advocates is that they don’t want women who have abortions to...
Apr 30, 20194 min read


Opposing Views: Prison Reform vs. Abolition
Rehumanize International (and by extension, Life Matters Journal) is dedicated to ending aggressive violence against human beings. There...
Apr 30, 20194 min read


E Block by Mark Perrott: A Look at the Thoughts and Feelings of Incarcerated Humans
by Maria Pane -- I have never been to prison, nor has anyone in my immediate family. I don’t have close friends who have been...
Apr 30, 20194 min read


Verdict Reached in Michael Rosfeld Case
By Herb Geraghty -- On June 19, 2018 Michael Rosfeld shot 17-year -old Antwon Rose II three times in the back, killing him. That night a...
Apr 30, 20194 min read


Human, From the Inside Out
by Robert Saleem Holbrook — Editor’s Note: The following piece is a combination of two pieces that were written during Saleem’s...
Apr 30, 201911 min read


Remembering Alfie Evans
by Stephanie Hauer — Alfie Evans was a two-year-old who defied medical expectations. He was born on May 9, 2016 in England. When he was...
Apr 28, 20193 min read


An Earth Day Call for Nuclear Disarmament
by Christy Yao — There are about 300,000 nuclear weapons worldwide, with 95% being owned by the US and Russia. There is additional...
Apr 22, 20192 min read


On Down Syndrome and Abortion
by Stephanie Hauer — An in-utero diagnosis of Down syndrome is dangerous. If a doctor predicts that a baby has Down syndrome, that...
Apr 12, 20192 min read
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