Avoiding Trump supporters only increases our already dangerous polarization. Here’s how to really listen and find compassion.

Celebrating a stellar example of how to say no to the warmongers and yes to life itself.

The language of violence pervades our discourse, even when we’re not talking about war.

The refugee community in Minnesota is a big target for bigotry, but they have a plan.

I didn’t learn how to cross lines of difference when I was younger. Maybe you didn’t either, but we can all learn it now.  

Are photographs of war and atrocity losing the power to move us?

We need your help to expand our coverage of deep-rooted personal and political change.

By reducing life to dualisms we lose the rich fabric of possibilities that can generate important social change.

The best way to protect those we love is to win over those who hate them.

A new generation of activists is developing a much healthier and more emotionally-intelligent culture.

Trump rose to the presidency by railing against the Washington establishment. The Democratic Party’s propensity for compromise and triangulation only plays into his hands.

The state governor has ordered the Dakota Access Pipeline protesters to evacuate, but will the authorities enforce that decision?

Children have always been part of people’s work for rights and social justice, so what does it take to make activism more family friendly? 

The white working class reading of recent American history may be more accurate than that of many progressive activists.

Many people awoke this week with a new understanding of the dangers that face our common life together. We must redouble our efforts to abolish war.

Great campaigns have lots of things in common, but they’re not the things we’re often taught.

Living well together helps everyone to be connected, and it’s connection that makes us thrive as human beings. Español

Resistance means more than politics; it involves poetry, magical thinking and wonder, and begins with children having time and space to be creative.

The militarized response to activists opposing the Dakota Access pipeline—and the Standing Rock Sioux’s fierce resolve—reflect the area's deep racial divides.

Books about peace are rare when compared to books about war, but a raft of new work expands our understanding enormously (3k words).