Min-Ah Cho Faith leaders and others protest a planned military base on a South Korean island. IF YOU HAVE eve ...

Bill Moyers interviews a decorated Vietnam veteran on his experience and the current war in Afghanistan. On the PBS Moyers & Company , Bill Moyers recently interviewed Kar ...

An interesting article from Glenn Greenwald examines how previously radical legislation has become accepted as normal in the U.S. An interesting article from Glenn Greenwald e ...

Latest drone attack in Pakistan kills seven on Sunday. A U.S.  drone attack  on Sunday killed at least seven suspected militants in Pakistan. The Pakistani newspaper DAWN re ...

The week's news in drones. In drone news this week: The British Ministry of Defense acknowledged that Royal Air Force pilots flew U.S. Predator drones in Libya last year. ...

Kansas City, Mo., is in a unique position — it's the only city in the country where, this November, local voters will have a say over U.S. nuclear weapons policy. Kansas City ...

Monsignor William J. Lynn, the first U.S. Catholic official convicted for covering up the sexual abuse of children, was sentenced to 3-6 years in prison on Tuesday. Monsignor Will ...

Editor's Note: The following is a question from Christian Piatt's book Banned Questions About Jesus. It is on sale on Amazon Kindle for $2.99 through July 25. Edito ...

This week President Barack Obama called the shooting in Colorado “evil.” And he is right. But perhaps it is also time that we declare that violence is evil, everywhere—period. It’s obvious that killing folks ...

To sing praise to God amid destruction and violence is to simply put evil in it’s place. It’s to draw a line and say here and no further. For the devil surely hates the sound of alleluia. ...

Of all the controversies that have followed in the bloody wake of the July 20 shooting rampage in Aurora, Colo., few have provided such a clarifying insight into the moral tensions and contradictions in Americ ...

Worshippers in Aurora, Colo., rocked by the July 20 mass shooting flocked to church Sunday, seeking solace within their faith communities. AURORA, Colo.—Worshippers in this city ...

Both times, I had to remind my students that sometimes churches get it wrong. All people are created in the image of God. Everyone is a child of God. God’s love brings understanding, reconciliation, and peace ...

We have all kinds of theories about inner city violence, gang murders and the like, but what about these “lone wolf” killers, many of whom have no prior record of criminal behavior at all? ...

The staff at Sojourners contacted me and invited me to write something in response to what just happened. So, I'm not writing a blog. I'm providing a Public Service Announcement. ...

Indigenous leaders in Colombia's conflict-scarred southwest say they will put on trial before tribal elders four alleged leftist rebels they accuse of attacks on civilians. M ...

Loving God, Darkness has covered our nation and thick darkness has descended upon our people. Tragedy has clouded out the light. Shots rang out in Aurora, Colorado. Some people were wounded by gas and bullets. ...

Among the 12 moviegoers killed in the massacre in Aurora, Colo., early this morning was Jessica Ghawi, a aspiring young sportscaster from Texas who had narrowly missed being injured in another act of random violence — the shooting spree in a Toronto ...

According to Cathy Lynn Grossman in USAToday: Five chaplains from the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association Rapid Response Team, already in Colorado and New Mexico ministering to victims of the ravaging wildfires, redeployed to Aur ...

Both President Obama and Mitt Romney cancelled campaign events Friday in the wake of the unfolding tragedy in Aurora, Colo., where a gunman opened fire in a crowded movie theater early today, killing at least ...

As a mother, I want to raise brave kids who hear that message and know it to their toes. Everything is going to be all right. Love wins, as they say. I want them to be people who know that there is a bigger pi ...

Will civil war hit Afghanistan when the U.S. leaves? Dexter Filkins, a former New York Times reporter who covered the war in Afghanistan, has a long and sobering but well ...

The families of 3 American citizens killed by drone strikes are suing administration officials. The Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) and the American Civil Liberties Union ...

UN resolution on Syrian sanctions vetoed. Reported by the Washington Post : Russia and China on Thursday vetoed a U.S.-backed U.N. Security Council resolution threatening ...

Following the deaths of senior officials in a bombing this morning, the violence is escalating in Syria. As more details of this morning’s bombing in Damascus are known, the casua ...

Point-counterpoint on whether there is a moral case for drones. Many discussions about the use of drones center on whether using drones is “moral,” that is, does it satisfy just w ...

U.S. Pakistan talks on drones will resume this month. Talks between the U.S. and Pakistan on drone attacks will resume this month, including a visit by the head of Pakistan’s inte ...

Indigenous activists in Cauca, Colombia advocate to stop the spiral of violence in their area. In an Indigenous region of Colombia's Cauca province, activists armed with cere ...

Dr. Josef Olmert asks if, as the Syrian conflict rages in the streets of Damascus, the end is near?   Dr. Josef Olmert  asks if, as the Syrian conflict rages in the streets ...

Chris Hedges has a fascinating piece for Salon on the betrayal of the most vulnerable by war. Chris Hedges has a fascinating piece for Salon on the betrayal of the mos ...

National Conservative Christian radio host Kerby Anderson’s is attempting to rally his followers to thwart the Senate from ratifying the Arms Trade Treaty. There’s a famous maxim ...

Ongoing violence in Nigeria has exacerbated tensions between the country's Muslims and Christians. Nigeria has equal numbers of Christians and Muslims, and 92 percent of the country's population says ...

Caucus in Congress advocates for drones. Members of Congress with common interests often create a caucus to advocate for that interest. Some have become permanent institutions – t ...

The U.S. is sending "tiny underwater drones" to the Persian Gulf. Over the past several weeks, the U.S. has been expanding its military presence in the Persian Gulf ...

According to Reuters, opposition forces in Syria are reporting that 220—mostly civilians—were killed by Syrian forces in the bloodiest day so far. According to Reuters , oppo ...

Concerns are growing over the use of drones for domestic surveillance. Unpiloted drone aircraft are already being used for some purposes in the United States, and plans are being ...

The Pentagon is considering awarding medals to drone pilots. The Washington Post reports: “ The Pentagon is considering awarding a Distinguished Warfare Medal to dro ...

With the Olympics just a few weeks away, Time reports on the fight that has broken out over security for the Games. With the Olympics just a few weeks away, Time reports o ...

Pakistan’s Ambassador to the US says her government has not approved continuing drone strikes. The Pakistani newspaper DAWN reports that in an interview with CNN, Pakistan’s A ...

The State Deparment yesterday released a statement on the imprisonment of Iranian Christian Pastor Youcef Nadarkhani, who has been imprisoned for over 1000 days on charges of apostasy. ...

From the Atlantic: "When it comes to Syria, this administration has a very elastic sense of time." The Atlantic 's national correspondent, Jeffrey Goldberg ...

Confusing details emerge of Friday's drone attack in Pakistan. The first news stories Friday afternoon (from AP and AFP) wrote of 4 suspected militants killed by two missiles ...

A U.S. drone strike Friday afternoon killed 9 suspected militants. The Associated Press and Agence France Press  (via The Nation in Lahore, Pakistan) are reporting this af ...

U.S.-Pakistan talks focus on who controls the intelligence to select targets for drones. Talks between the U.S. and Pakistan that concluded with a U.S. apology for a mistaken airs ...

The training of drone operators. Mark Mazzetti, national security correspondent, writes in this Sunday’s New York Times Magazine about the training of drone operators at H ...

Archbishop Desmond Tutu writes for CNN on his hopes for peace in Sudan and South Sudan. Archbishop Desmond Tutu writes for CNN on his hopes for peace in Sudan and Sout ...

stations operated by Navy SEALs would be doubled to eight from four.”   Also requested is “ "$2.6 ...

The Methodist Church in Britain has agreed to ask the U.K. government urge the U.S. to stop using drones. The Methodist Church in Britain has agreed to ask that the U.K. gover ...

US drone strike in Yemen reported to kill 2-4 militants. The Associated Press reports a drone strike in Yemen earlier today:  " A Yemeni official says a suspected U.S ...

U.S. weapons manufacturers seek to export drones. With the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan winding down and the Pentagon budget cuts likely, U.S. weapons manufacturers are looking fo ...