Reading Time: 3 minutes In a male-dominated, corrupt and violent political climate, Congolese women stand together to be heard as they change their country from within
Author: Gerry Chidiac
How to avoid tyrants claiming the highest government offices
Reading Time: 3 minutes The NDP’s ‘confidence and supply agreement’ with the Green Party in B.C. shows us how we can avoid a Trump triumph in Canada
Raphael Lemkin: the man who coined the word genocide
Reading Time: 3 minutes Lemkin lobbied tirelessly for the United Nations to adopt a definition of the word genocide
Washing away the poisons of the human condition
Reading Time: 3 minutes Seven fundamental principles that all of mankind’s life-giving philosophies and religions can agree on
Break free from the digital echo chamber shaping your perspective
Reading Time: 3 minutes Only by broadening our perspectives and asking questions can we understand the world and its diverse people
All I’m asking is for a little respect
Reading Time: 3 minutes People who are kind and compassionate are happier and healthier. And doing good for others has a ripple effect throughout society
Facing up to tragedy and injustice is the first step to healing
Reading Time: 3 minutes What if your children were taken to a place far away where they would cry themselves to sleep every night?
Committed citizens can change the world
Reading Time: 3 minutes While Colin Kaepernick still doesn’t have a job in the NFL, history suggests his protest for minority rights will ultimately be successful
Hasty conclusions about the past can result in lost opportunities
Reading Time: 3 minutes Monuments often reveal important stories, but can gloss over details. Unless we examine the facts closely, we can end up with a sanitized view of history
‘Be not afraid.’ Why the words of John Paul II still resonate
Reading Time: 3 minutes No force on earth is more powerful than a movement that embraces the truths of personal empowerment, forgiveness, courage, acceptance and love