by John Whitehead — A group of activists known as a Meta Peace Team  (MPT) traveled to the West Bank this autumn. These activists are committed to “creating a nonviolent alternative to militarism.” During their West Bank work, the MPT collaborated with the Palestinian-led International Solidarity Movement  (ISM).   The MPT and ISM’s joint mission includes “participating in Palestinian-led demonstrations, creatively disrupting activity by the Israeli occupation forces, [and] a

by Sarah Terzo — Many people claim that public assistance programs such as the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), which assists people in buying food, allow lazy people to avoid working. They imagine a “welfare queen” who lives high on the hog on government benefits while refusing to work. They resent their tax dollars going to help such a person. People aren’t eating lobster and steak on SNAP, though. The monthly SNAP benefit varies , but the average amount pe

by Lauren Pope — My cousin Aaron was murdered. The last time anyone in my family saw him alive was when he came up to the hospital, high...

by Sarah Terzo — On August 6, 1945, the United States became the only country ever to use nuclear weapons against another nation when our...

by Sarah Terzo — On August 6, 1945, the United States became the only country ever to use nuclear weapons in a war with the dropping of...

by Sarah Terzo — On August 6, 1945, the United States dropped a nuclear bomb on Hiroshima. Two hundred forty-seven thousand people, over...

The Hiroshima bombing through the eyes of a child

by John Whitehead — Cover photo of Zapotec women from the D.P. Fry photo collection — Consistent Life Ethic activism requires paying...

by Lauren Boyer — Superman catching a falling Lois Lane — “how romantic,” the theater oohs  and aws . Prince Charming saving all of his...

by Lauren Boyer — “No one could ever give me back what had already been taken from me. No one could erase that I had been raped, that I...

by Sarah Terzo — Despite some last-minute changes, the “One Big Beautiful Bill” would make deep cuts to Medicaid, SNAP (food stamps), and...

A single mother and her children who had nowhere to turn, and how we can help families like them

by Dr. William Tullius — From the rise of the MAGA movement’s “America First” agenda with the election of Donald Trump to his second term...

by Dr. William Tullius — In the follow-up to his now-classic After Virtue , the philosopher Alasdair MacIntyre posed a fundamental set of...

by Aimee Murphy — One of the most important things to remember as you embark on this conversation is that intersex conditions do not...

by Grattan Brown, STD, and Sr. Deirdre Byrne, MD — The mother in this story knew abortion was wrong but attempted it anyway because she...

by Maria Oswalt — In March, I attended my first anti-death penalty vigil on the grounds of an execution site. After driving the hour from...

by Sean Wild — We are currently witnessing a beef for the hip hop history books, namely the feud between two of the biggest names in hip...

by Herb Geraghty — At Rehumanize International, we often say that we embrace a philosophy of “radical inclusivity.” In short, radical...

by John Whitehead — I have periodically written about violent conflicts that are generally overlooked in the United States. In 2023, I...