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Published in: TransformationCan you change the world from your living room?
Americans with different political views may yell at each other but they rarely talk or listen. It’s time to...
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Published in: TransformationMeet the young hackers finding new ways to live
Since the economic crisis, young peoples' expectations have become dreams. But our generation are coming up with...
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Published in: TransformationCan the Pentagon be tamed?
US military spending is out of control. An unlikely alliance of liberal and conservative groups is determined to...
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Published in: Transformation12-year old Madison Kimrey rocks North Carolina politics
You’re never too young (or too old) to get involved in politics. Watch this video and get inspired.
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Published in: TransformationLiterature, empathy and the moral imagination
Great works of literature are often love-letters to the form itself, but moral philosophy has rarely taken...
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Published in: TransformationCan religion be a force for transformation?
Growing up with an abusive father, Ouyporn Khuankaew learned a distorted version of the Buddhist teaching on karma:...
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Published in: TransformationLove, vanity and wealth
Secure in gated communities and smoke-tinted limousines, the rich have no desire or motive to transform ‘I’ into...
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Published in: TransformationHerman Wallace was held in a cage for 40 years. What does this say about us?
By the time Herman Wallace was released from prison earlier this month, he had been kept in solitary confinement for...
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Published in: TransformationIs your crucifix too big?
A proposed Canadian ban on "ostentatious religious symbols" shows that for migrants, "being Canadian" may mean...
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Published in: TransformationPolitical poetry does not ask permission
While television, advertisements and other manicured media project a shiny, plastic vision of the world, poetry...
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Published in: TransformationEvil: what’s in a word?
What does it take to get someone to go into a shopping mall with an AK47 and mow down random strangers? A failure of...
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Published in: TransformationPersonalizing the revolution
Are you “in your Element,” doing things that blend your passions and your talents? The personal creativity movement...
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Published in: TransformationPPE for the people
What do political elites like Prime Minister David Cameron, opposition leader Ed Miliband and 40 other UK members of...
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Published in: TransformationCommunity action against property markets
Dan Strange's cartoon is a bold image of transformation through community action. It is a response to Jane...
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Published in: TransformationEmpathy: lots of lessons but no final words
What can we learn from two weeks of debate? Empathy must be used to correct injustice, not simply to understand it...
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Published in: TransformationMuriel Lester and the stench of injustice
Asserting the dignity of all people is a central moving force in the history of social change. This is the fifth...
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Published in: TransformationRoots of empathy: an interview with Mary Gordon
Empathy is central to education for democracy, and it can be “caught not taught” among children in schools. This is...
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Published in: TransformationForget empathy – it’s time for radical connection
In the struggle for social justice it’s not how much empathy we feel that makes the difference, but what we do with...
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Published in: TransformationIntroducing empathy
Is the “empathy revolution” just a passing fad or the key to peace and social justice? This is the first in a...
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Published in: TransformationTango: the intimate dance of conflict transformation
Trust, dialogue, passion, communication, vulnerability and empathy. Like tango, transforming conflict is an intimate affair.