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Saperstein's Letter to Obama Addresses an Era of Great Challenge and Opportunity
"In this time of economic upheaval and military challenges, the pursuit of justice is more urgent than ever."
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Combating Domestic Abuse at Home & Abroad
Lynn Rosenthal, the White House Advisor on Violence Against Women, recently wrote a compelling blog post on The White House Blog about how victims of domestic abuse will benefit from the recently
The New Israeli Woman
In honor of it being International Women's Day, I'd like to perform a little experiment with you. What first comes to mind when someone asks you to describe an Israeli woman? A tough kibbutznikit? A beauty in army uniform? Golda Meir?
A Year of the Arab Spring: How Far Have We Come?
A year ago this week President Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali of Tunisia resigned in the face of public protests, a month after the self-immolation that inspired unpreceden
A Personal Pursuit of Justice
My liberal Jewish guilt was really starting to bug me. In the wake of the 2008 presidential election, I reflected on how I perceived the nation was changing. In doing so, I faced a cold, hard truth; I hadn't done anything but vote.
One Year Later, World’s Newest Country Faces Atrocities
Tuesday marked the one-year anniversary of the referendum that established South Sudan’s independence. It was a historical day when 98.8% of South Sudanese voters elected to secede from the North.
One Small Step Toward Peace in Sudan
There was a rare flash of good news about Sudan recently.
Happy World Water Day!
Nearly one out of six people worldwide do not have access to safe sources of drinking water. It's an alarming reality in a world with the abundance and the technology to bring clean, safe water to so many more people, and trends are moving in the wrong direction.
"We sentence innocent people to their deaths."
Andrea Woods is a Program Assistant for Witnes