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Published in: TransformationHow should we remember Auschwitz?On the 70th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau, whose stories are told and whose are marginalized?
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Published in: TransformationThe Holocaust's lessons remain deeply contestedThis year's commemoration marks a turning point in Holocaust remembrance. What we want is to honor the dead and...
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Published in: TransformationThe people’s state of the union: re-imagining U.S. politicsCould the U.S. President’s annual address be reconfigured as a playful, reflective and connective civic ritual? Here’s how.
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Published in: TransformationCan clients become citizens? Evaluating the new democracy in IndonesiaPolitical transformation means more than a few new institutions. It’s a deeply cultural process that lives in the...
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Published in: TransformationAmerica’s holy alliance is ripping apart at the seamsLiberals and progressives may feel besieged by the religious right, but they should breathe easy: they are winning.
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Published in: TransformationCan you imagine a city where trees and swings matter more than cars?As we reimagine our future cities, we can make room for nature and humanity.
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Published in: TransformationWhat makes nonviolent movements explode?The emergence of social movements is a product of two powerful forces working in tandem: disruption and sacrifice.
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Published in: TransformationImagine if we used renewable energy to build a safer worldThe UK government spends £37 billion on the arms industry every year. What if it invested in green energy instead?
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Published in: TransformationWhy the fight against HIV starts within usWe may no longer herd people with HIV/AIDS into colonies, but economic policy still leads to destitution and...
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Published in: TransformationWelcome to TransformationCan the world be reconstructed through the fusion of personal and social change? We say yes. Here's to another year...
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Published in: TransformationScience fiction and the post-Ferguson worldRadical science fiction and fantasy are remedies for the belief that there is no alternative to the violence and...
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Published in: TransformationIrresistibly biased? The blind spots of social innovationSocial innovation has an irresistible global appeal, but is it biased towards protecting the status quo?
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Published in: TransformationFrom Weather Underground activist to life in prisonEven in a just war we need to feel the pain and tragedy of losses on the other side. And in the Brink's robbery our...
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Published in: TransformationHow I will prepare my white son for the interactions he won't have with policeSeamus’ whiteness means that I don’t have to teach him how to prepare for humiliation. That is white privilege in a nutshell.
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Published in: TransformationWhy I want to burn everything down right now—and why I’m not going toWhat I learned from James Baldwin’s writing about race, in a moment of great anger.
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Published in: TransformationThe political emotions of Martha NussbaumWhy does love matter for democracy? A conversation with one of the world’s leading philosophers.
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Published in: TransformationThe transformation of a warrior behind barsI’m sick of seeing people die, I’m tired of losing loved ones. I don’t want to die on the streets, I don’t want to...
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Published in: TransformationRemembering Leslie Feinberg: a queer and trans fighter for justiceAuthor and activist Leslie Feinberg died this week, just before Transgender Day of Remembrance. As the opposite of a...
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Published in: TransformationThe ordinary, extraordinary life of David HartsoughNonviolent action is a seamless part of the rhythm of life. A review of Waging Peace: Global Adventures of a...
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Published in: TransformationLea's story: my days as a mad girlIn immaculate clinics people are segregated, held down, drugged, often with no other purpose than to control them...
