| Oct 2, 2013 | Peace / SecurityBerta Cáceres, an internationally respected leader of the movement for indigenous rights, is now living as a fugitive. The Honduran government ordered this soft-spoken dynamo imprisoned on September 20. From her undisclosed location, she emailed me and a few others....
| Oct 3, 2011 | Rights / DemocracyMany of us will never forget that famous elementary school rhyme: “In fourteen hundred ninety-two / Columbus sailed the ocean blue.” At the time, it’s not likely that we would have sensed any looming controversy behind those grade school lessons....
| Dec 20, 2010 | Peace / SecurityAfter the government’s second attempt to kill me, I fled Sudan. That was 2005, the year I was forced to abandon work, friends, and family to become a refugee in the United States. Now, 7,000 miles from home, I am fighting harder and making my voice heard to...
| Mar 4, 2010 | Economy / Business|Rights / DemocracyThis article was originally published in Common Dreams. Like Barack Obama, Avatar has become a Rorschach test for the times in which we live. Everyone interprets it their own way. Nominated for nine Oscars, it’s already the highest-grossing film of all...
