World Beyond War offers an online course, War Abolition 101, with weekly lessons at time of your choosing online, plus 3 scheduled Zoom discussions. Cost $25-250. info and registration War Abolition 101 (online course registration) (actionnetwork.org) Course outline. Week 1: War Can Be Ended (March 1-7) — Host/Facilitator: Leah Bolger Week 2: War is Immoral/War Erodes Liberties (March…
In the second season of “This Changes Everything,” Crosscut takes a deep dive into policing policy, alternatives to policing and the lives at the center of the criminal justice debate. (Matt M. McKnight/Crosscut and Dorothy Edwards/Crosscut) More than six months after George Floyd was killed by police in Minneapolis and anti-racism protests exploded across the…
The COVID-19 pandemic has confirmed again a fundamental truth about the Anthropocene: When disaster strikes, the vulnerable take the hardest punches. Communities of color have suffered much higher rates of infection, hospitalization, and mortality, both because they are disproportionately represented in frontline service positions and because their access to routine healthcare is more limited. This…
After George Floyd was killed by police in Minneapolis last May, anti-racism protests exploded across the nation and presented Seattle city leaders with an existential question they are still trying to answer: How might the city rethink public safety while keeping the city safe and eliminating racist practices? For the second season of This Changes Everything, host…
To unpack some of the biggest threats humanity is grappling with today, each episode will draw on the expertise and life experiences of members of The Elders: former Presidents and Prime Ministers, UN officials, Nobel Peace Laureates, freedom fighters, and human rights champions, brought together by Nelson Mandela in 2007. From leading nations out of…
