Culture of Conscience: Would You Pay Taxes that Fund Abortions if Hyde and Helms were Repealed?
by Thad Crouch (see at the bottom for a link of a video of the author speaking the same content) Taxes for Violence This month, several pro-choice congressional representatives introduced the Equal Access to Abortion Coverage bill to repeal the Hyde Amendment and allow federal funding for domestic abortion violence for any reason to any…
Masking Up but Not Shutting Up: Defending Freedom of Speech during a Pandemic
by John Whitehead Shortly after the World Health Organization declared Covid-19 a global pandemic, activists and journalists raised concerns about how governments’ response to the crisis might restrict freedom of expression and other civil liberties. More than a year later, we have a better sense of how the pandemic response has limited press freedom and…
Consistently Nonviolent Mutual Funds
For consistent-lifers saving for retirement and otherwise investing money, we offer this practical guide. Social Responsibility There are a good large number of mutual funds that have social responsibility criteria, generally aimed at peace and environmental concerns (here’s one list). Poverty concerns are generally addressed as part of social justice in a variety of ways….
Lethal from the Start: Uranium Mining’s Danger to the Most Vulnerable
by John Whitehead Nuclear weapons kill directly when they are exploded in wartime or in tests. They also kill indirectly: obtaining uranium, the metal used to produce both nuclear power and nuclear weapons, can expose people to radiation or other hazards. The results are often harmful, even lethal. As with nuclear testing, the people exposed…
Let us all agree on this one simple thing: It is not OK to kill people.
by Robert Randall (reprinted) It is not OK to kill people because you don’t like them. It is not OK to kill people because they don’t like you. It is not OK to kill people because they are different from you. It is not OK to kill people because of what they believe. Or…