Columns: Little Insurrections

Some parents worry about the dirty things their children put in their mouths, but shouldn't they be more worried about the terrible things that may one day come out of them?More

The world may know her as an antiwar leader, a fearless Plowshares activist and the wife of Phil Berrigan, but to her children Liz McAlister is simply mom — and a fierce one at that.More

For 80 years, the Catholic Worker has been on a mission to "build a new society in the shell of the old" through modest acts of mercy.More

If protecting children from imaginary violence is tough, shielding them from real violence is even more difficult. And is it the right thing to do?More

The Boston Marathon bombing has made clear the violence and racism that lurks beneath the surface of society. But it has also shown the strength, compassion and vitality of the running community.More

It is a new thing for me to relate to people in the military and the military industrial complex across dinner tables, church pews and street corners instead of across picket lines, fences and arrest scenarios. It is harder, in some sense.More

Dozens of men at Guantánamo are on hunger strike, having given up one of their last joys in order to protest their suffering, indefinite detention and ongoing abuse.More

A Yemeni named Adnan Latif, who was cleared for release but died in September 2012 at Guantánamo, described the place that was his home for nearly 10 years as a “piece of hell that kills everything.”More

All those peacemakers and justice-seekers who have faced the powers that be with no one standing beside them display a depth of courage I cannot fathom.More