A Complex Man’s Complex Legacy: What the Movie Rustin Leaves Out
by John Whitehead The great civil rights activist and thinker Bayard Rustin (1912-1987) has received renewed attention thanks to the recently released movie Rustin. The movie is an engrossing look at Rustin’s role as an advisor to Martin Luther King and the organizer of the 1963 March for Jobs and Freedom in Washington, DC. Rustin…
Rehumanize Conference 2023
Comments and screenshots from Consistent Life Network board members who attended: John Whitehead In her introductory remarks for the 2023 Rehumanize International conference, Creative Director Maria Oswalt offered some valuable practical advice for Consistent Life Ethic advocates. She emphasized the importance of working across differences, whether political, religious, or philosophical. She gave examples of…
Heartbreakingly Common: Suicide Among Veterans
by Sarah Terzo As of 2012, more active duty military personnel and veterans have died from suicide than from combat. Here are more statistics that show how large the problem is: Veterans from Iraq and Afghanistan have the highest suicide rate.1 Twenty-five percent of people who die by suicide in the US are veterans, but…
Sleepwalking toward Nuclear War: The Lessons of the Able Archer Scare
by John Whitehead Since nuclear weapons were created, nations have repeatedly come close to nuclear war. The most famous episode was the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis. Another terrifying near miss occurred 40 years ago this November. In 1983, with extreme Cold War tensions between the United States and the Soviet Union, a NATO military exercise…