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17 Years of Getting Afghanistan Completely Wrong
While many of us forget, David Swanson urges us to remember. And to do something about it. Swanson reminds us that the war in Afghanistan
The Museum of Liberation
This morning I was listening to a podcast by Bryan Stevenson, a recent AWTT portrait. Many of you know that he and his organization, the
The Million Women’s March – January 21, 2017
What happened? This was not a protest. It was a clarification. A realignment. It was not an aggrieved victim struggling to have her lonely voice
Torture: A modest (satirical) proposal
Advice to readers: Read all the way to the end! I have expended a lot of energy condemning torture. Not because of the efficacy argument
A Symphony of Courageous Action
AWTT education director Connie Carter reflects on her afternoon at the symphony.
A Sigh Heard Round the World
How the Chimney-sweepers cry Every blackning Church appalls, And the hapless Soldiers sigh Runs in blood down Palace walls.— William Blake, London A friend asked