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When fear gives way to compassion

Peace-walking Buddhist monks on a 2,300-mile journey were greeted with an unexpected outpouring of love and respect across Alabama.
December 30, 2025

75 years after ending World War II: Celebrating a lasting peace

Seventy-five years ago today, on Sept. 2, World War II officially ended. After six years of global conflagration, the guns fell silent and the lights, a barometer of civilization, began to once again chase the darkness from the world. The war left Europe decimated, with 60 million people dead, and the islands of Japan smoldering … Continued
September 2, 2020

Alabama’s continued honoring of Robert Lee is a slap in the face to black Americans

Today, the State of Alabama will honor two men. One was a man who advocated for peace and justice, who led peaceful protests and demanded non-violent resistance to abhorrent mistreatment of Americans based solely on the color of their skin. All across America, people will celebrate the life and work of Dr. Martin Luther King … Continued
January 21, 2019

Words cannot express our gratitude

One hundred years ago, on the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month of 1918, the world’s largest, deadliest, and costliest war to that date drew to an end. The guns that boomed over field and forest in Europe fell silent. World War I was over. Over 116,000 Americans had lost their … Continued
November 13, 2018

EJI museum, memorial are giant mirrors for Alabama

It should be expected, I guess, that a museum and a memorial devoted to America’s awful history of lynchings and general mistreatment of minorities would touch a few nerves. It’s hard to look in the mirror sometimes. That’s what the Equal Justice Initiative’s museum — The Legacy Museum — and memorial — The Memorial for … Continued
April 27, 2018