March 31, 2020
We Need a Global Health System to Deal with Pandemics
The coronavirus COVID-19 outbreak has brought into focus the need for a global health system. Infectious disease outbreaks are a…
March 25, 2020
The COVID-19 Pandemic: We Sink or Swim Together
If there is one thing the world is learning rapidly, it is that tackling the global COVID-19 pandemic requires acting…
March 20, 2020
‘Solidarity, hope’ and coordinated global response needed to tackle COVID-19 pandemic, says UN chief
As public fear and uncertainty grow around the COVID-19 pandemic, “more than ever before, we need solidarity, hope and the…
March 6, 2020
World Language for World Citizens
From our very beginnings, smaller human communities have been replaced by larger communities. In the 21st century this process is…
March 2, 2020
The Coronavirus: Looming Disaster or Golden Opportunity?
Over the past year there has been no shortage of looming disasters that pose a serious threat to humanity including…
February 16, 2020
Could the Climate Crisis Be “The Good News of Damnation?”
On August 12, 1945, six days after the U.S. government obliterated the city of Hiroshima with a single atomic bomb,…
February 11, 2020
World Peace, One Person at a Time
I attended Donna Park’s presentation about Citizens for Global Solutions on 1-13-20 at the Intercommunity Justice and Peace Center in…
February 6, 2020
World Court Censures Myanmar for Violating Genocide Convention
On 23 January 2020, a panel of 17 judges of the World Court (also called "the International Court of Justice"…
January 30, 2020
Climate Change: Think Globally, Act Locally Now
I live in the small town of Orono , Maine. In response to the persistent urging and educational efforts of…
January 22, 2020
Religious Support for Democratic World Federation
Most religious groups have responded to issues of violence and warfare by teaching their members either some form of pacifism…
January 9, 2020
A New Year’s Gift: An Alternative to War in the Middle East
The U.S. airstrike that killed Iranian Gen. Qassem Soleimani on January 3 in Baghdad, Iraq has raised tensions to a…