Why scavenge? You get a lot of really good food that's really, really free.
When this book was published, the Committee to Protect Journalists had
just named the West Bank as "the worst place to be a journalist." Two
photojournalists have been killed by the Israeli Def
Against all odds, Palestinian Christians seek resurrection in Bethlehem.
On the day the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) took effect, the Zapatista
movement began—a rebellion, they said, against the forces of globalization on behalf
of the rights of in
Leading Venezuelan educators and critics of President Hugo Chavez are calling his
creation of 500 schools constructed and supervised by the military a political program for
"ideological indoctrin
Despite presidential apologies and lip service to human rights, the Clinton
administration continues to offer aid to the Guatemalan and Colombian militaries despite
their records of abuse and sup
The movement against land mines has achieved moderate success since the mine ban treaty
became international law in March 1999.
In August, the Chilean Supreme Court stripped Gen. Augusto Pinochet of immunity from
prosecution for the kidnapping, torture, and murder of thousands of people during his
17-year rule.
As movements against the harmful effects of globalization are gaining strength in the
United States, activists are increasingly outraged at some police behavior employed to
control them.
On September 9, five Catholic nuns were arrested after entering Peterson Air Force Base,
headquarters of the U.S.
It’s not just civil wars, AIDS, or other diseases that have brought suffering to
sub-Saharan Africa in recent decades.
In most American "community watch" groups, residents report suspicious
activity to the authorities.
Mounting criticism of national missile defense (NMD) by scientific and military experts
has corporations such as Boeing on the defensive as they try to secure multibillion dollar
contracts to bui
As Bishop Samuel Ruiz, liberation theologian and champion of Chiapas’ indigenous
peoples, faced mandatory retirement at age 75, many feared what would come next.
Protesting campaign finance corruption and the "dumb or dumber" choices of
many current elections, activist filmmaker Michael Moore is asking Americans to vote for
potted plants, with a "Ficus fo
"No matter how we pray, nor how we sin, we can stand up for each other. We can
stand up against hate."—Republican Sen.
We planned to do great things. God had other plans.
After a year of encampments that successfully halted bombing exercises by the U.S.
One outcome of the circus surrounding the Elian Gonzalez case has been increased
scrutiny of U.S.-Cuba policy and renewed hopes for a better relationship with the island
nation.
Finding himself in agreement with the American Civil Liberties Union and at odds with
Jerry Falwell, Pat Robertson said "a moratorium [on executions] would indeed be very
appropriate" at a forum
A coalition of conservative Christian and Jewish leaders known as the Interfaith
Council for Stewardship and the Environment has released "The Cornwall
Declaration" (www.stewards.net) as part of
Christian groups in the United States and Sudan have called for the boycott of BP-Amoco
in protest of its partnership with Chinese oil companies whose investments in Sudanese
pipelines help fund
A Baltimore County judge exceeded sentencing guidelines and gave Philip Berrigan, left, 30
months in prison for damaging an A-10 Warthog aircraft, such as those used to fire
depl
While the U.S.-backed sanctions against Iraq continue to devastate that country—
UNICEF estimates the sanctions to have resulted in the deaths of more than 500,000 Iraqi
children—a grow
The U.S. prison population passed the two million mark in February, provoking vigils
and protests in more than 40 U.S. cities.
A new report shows that the current economic boom is not finding its way to the
collection plate.
Defying the assumption that Serbs and ethnic Albanians are incapable of peaceful
coexistence, leaders of the religious communities of Kosovo issued a common statement for
reconciliation.
Two Guatemalan military officers have been arrested and charged with the April 1998
murder of Catholic bishop and human rights advocate Juan Jose Gerardi.
Youthful idealism can grow into life-long commitment to justice.
Ninety-eight people were executed in the United States last year—30 more than in
1998 and the most since 1951.
Four Plowshares activists led by Philip Berrigan entered an Air National Guard base in
Essex, Maryland, in late December to disarm A-10 Warthog aircraft—such as were used
to fire depleted ur
A recent consultation among United Methodist Church officials on the "authority of
scripture and the nature of God’s revelation" acknowledged that the most
divisive debates of the church hin
