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Humanity’s Journey to Peace

Yes, I’m still trying to write a book. Meanwhile, horrific wars rage and the outrage I feel quietly morphs into helplessness and then, after a while, shame. I believe, in some deep place inside me…

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We Won't Miss Ted Turner: US Animals

Many remember Ted Turner as the owner of the Atlanta Braves or conceptualizer of 24 hour cable TV media like CNN. But his relationship with animals as a hunting entrepreneur, is less reported and…

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Leaders of Iran

President Trump has repeatedly suggested that any new leaders of Iran who don't meet his approval won't last long. Does this mean that they will be assassinated like their recent leaders? …

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Annual Series of Farm Tours and Special Events

The Ohio Ecological Food and Farm Association (OEFFA) launched its annual Farm Tour Series. The 2026 series…

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Action Alerts

Creative Action: How to Build and Amplify Actions that Have Impact

Wednesday, May 6, 2026, 7:00 PM
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An awesome and creative action can undermine fear and lies, throw the opposition off its game, protect vulnerable people from harm, make confronting bigots fun, AND tell a great story, all at the same time. The best part? Just about anybody can pull one off with a good idea, planning, and a few friends. Join us for this 75-minute training on how to build and amplify a stellar action or just be a creative participant. 

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J.D. Vance's Calculated Conversion to Catholicism

Before he was J.D. Vance, he was James David Hamel. Before that, James Donald Bowman. The name he carries today he chose himself in 2013 — months before graduating Yale, crafting an identity as carefully as any political brand.

And a name,…

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In Defense of Thiago Ávila and Saif Abu Keshek, the Two International Peace Activists Held Hostage in Israel

An Israeli court has extended the detention of two activists from the Global Sumud Flotilla, who were brought to Israel for interrogation and torture. Spanish national Saif Abu Keshek and Brazilian national Thiago Ávila…

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A Nation That Funds War, Not Science

Over the past decade, the United States has entered a sustained phase of military expansion accompanied by widening geopolitical commitments and renewed great-power competition. While this trajectory is routinely justified in the…

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A War That Was Never Ours

There is an old movie, based on a novel by Jimmy Breslin, about a crew of mobsters who thought they were powerful, feared, and in control—only to prove, again and again, that they were none of the above. Disorganized. Impulsive. Dangerously…

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