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“Everyone must be committed in the matter of peace, to do everything that they can . . . .Peace is the language we must speak.” — Pope Francis INTRODUCTION This section is about peace – a most fundamental asset to community building, to personal growth...

Suggestions on how to make the state a better place to live by Lindsey Millar, Leslie Newell Peacock, David Koon, Sabine Schmidt, Jennifer Carman, Benjamin Hardy, Steve Strauss, Ken Richardson, Amy Johnson, Sam Ledbetter, Kathryn Birkhead, Scott Walters...

City officials offered a deal to the hunger strikers at Dyett High School, but that only strengthened their resolve, writes Bob Simpson in an article published at Daily Kos. Hunger strikers outside Chicago's Dyett High School surrounded by supporters...

When the Los Angeles Unified school board voted in May 2013 to ban the practice of suspending students for “willful defiance,” the blogosphere roiled with outrage. “Moron” was one of the mildest words used to attack school board president Monica Garcia...

The sense of duty about things we really ought to do is instilled in us early. Go to school. Help your brother put his shoes on. Eat your peas. This week’s calendar is dominated by meetings and things that we know give us a sense of community pride...