| Feb 13, 2013 | Peace / SecurityA 14-year-old Honduran, Hasked Brooks Wood, perished when police in the town of Ahúas opened fire on him and other civilians riding in a boat down a winding river. This incident, in May 2012, didn’t garner much U.S. media coverage. But it should have — because...
| Feb 6, 2013 | Peace / SecurityThey’ve been holding hearings on gun control up on Capitol Hill in Washington. It’s always an inspiring spectacle. There are few things as bracing as watching terrified lawmakers duck behind the Second Amendment while they justify their lack of significant...
| Jan 23, 2013 | Peace / SecurityI don’t hunt, but I have nothing against hunters or owners of rifles, bows and arrows, or boomerangs. However, I am against vigilantes and those, like the NRA leaders, who encourage them. I had my own run-in with vigilantes when I joined the movement to end...
| Jan 9, 2013 | Peace / Security|RoundupThis week in OtherWords, Sam Pizzigati explains how the recent budget deal will benefit the richest Americans, Jill Richardson calls on President Obama to take decisive action on climate change during his second term in office, and Donald Kaul follows up on his Dec....
