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The Hill We Climb

January 21, 2021 Jackie Dee King

by Amanda Gorman When day comes we ask ourselves, where can we find light in this never-ending shade? The loss we carry, a sea we must wade We’ve braved the belly of the beast We’ve learned that quiet isn’t always peace And the norms and […]

A New Day for Human Survival: On the Promise of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons

January 21, 2021 Joseph Gerson

by Joseph Gerson originally published in CommonDreams On Friday, January 22, people in cities and towns across in the United States and around the world, will celebrate the entry into force of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW). Those gathering, online and […]

Massacre of the Innocents by Breughel the Elder

About Suffering: A Massacre of the Innocents in Yemen

January 20, 2021 Kathy Kelly

by Kathy Kelly This article first appeared at The Progressive. In 1565, Pieter Bruegel the Elder created “The Massacre of the Innocents,” a provocative masterpiece of religious art. The painting reworks a biblical narrative about King Herod’s order to slaughter all newborn boys in Bethlehem for fear that a messiah had […]

Abolishing Nuclear Weapons: A New Chance

January 20, 2021 Patricia Hynes

by H. Patricia Hynes Previously published in Portside A nuclear darkness has engulfed the world for seven decades, with only intermittent breakthroughs of light when treaties among nuclear nations were negotiated. Some treaties have been violated for decades; others, walked away from by Trump. Any […]

Governor Signs the Bill to Change the Flag and Seal

January 12, 2021 David Detmold

by David Detmold A commission will be created to recommend a new seal and motto for Massachusetts, after Gov. Charlie Baker on Monday, January 11th, 2021 signed (S.2848) – the Resolve calling for the creation of a special commission to study and recommend a new […]

More than 1,000 people gathered in front of Cambridge City Hall for a Black Lives Matter protest, organized by Defend Black Lives Cambridge, June 20, 2020. Erin Clark/Boston Globe Photo

The Cambridge Police Department Should Demilitarize

January 9, 2021 Cole Harrison

An updated version of this post can be found here: https://masspeaceaction.org/demilitarize-cambridge-police-department/ by Andrew King Testimony Presented at the Police Militarization Hearing, Cambridge City Council, January 6, 2021. View the video My name is Andrew King and I live at 40 Essex St. Cambridge, MA. I’m […]

Was Trump Hoping for a Coup?

January 7, 2021 Joseph Gerson

by Joseph Gerson Originally published by Common Dreams There is so much that we don’t know about Wednesday’s assault on our national capital and our limited constitutional democracy. The new Congress should not only investigate why the Capital police and Homeland Security were missing in […]