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If you can’t rein in the police, you can’t save democracy

In the mid-19th century, a pro-slavery minority — encouraged by lawmakers — used violence to stifle a growing anti-slavery majority. It wasn’t long before the other side embraced force as a necessary response.

What if all our schools required training in skilled, non-violent conflict resolution as a form of peace literacy and moral awareness for their students. Would that not be one of the most useful education skills for life that we could give them?

"None of this demonstrating in the snow shit," one commenter wrote in a MAGA forum. "Summertime was made for killing fields."

Marcelo de Arruda was shot at his birthday party by a supporter of President Bolsonaro

Resisting racist police violence and voter suppression, and the beat goes on

Why are desperate refugees turning up on the U.S. border? Because we have offloaded the costs of the drug war on Latin America.

Special Focus: Violence against Asian Americans

"We believe the solution to violence is to empower our communities with resources, support, and education — this is how we make all of our communities safe.”