News: Civil & Human Rights
To defend democracy and advance racial justice
October 22, 2020Amid the present political turmoil and the heightened risks of civil violence, we feel called to take action to protect our democratic freedoms and the […]
(Re) learning the human rights language: an imperative for our time
September 15, 2020A language underused When we talk about the current crises plaguing the world—a pandemic, climate change, racial injustice, increasing inequality, and more—there is scarce attention […]
On the essence of things and the necessity of persons
September 3, 2020Many years ago, I attended a philosophy seminar as a teaching assistant. We were reading texts written by John Duns Scotus, the famous Franciscan theologian […]
B/black, W/white, and the privilege of the storyteller
August 28, 2020Unfolding in communication circles right now is a contentious debate over how and when to capitalize words. The very fact that I write this acknowledges […]
In The Media
From Michael Brown to George Floyd: Why video footage wouldn’t have changed perception of Ferguson shooting
August 9, 2020David Hooker, associate professor of the practice of conflict transformation and peacebuilding, shares insight and contextual analysis about the Michael Brown and George Floyd murder […]
Pathways toward justice: Protest and the disruptive imagination
July 20, 2020What does it mean to imagine a transformed society? One of our distinguishing capabilities as humans is the ability to engage in hypothetical thinking, to […]