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Making Friends in High Places

Three American peace activists meet their young Afghani counterparts.

Published in the March / April 2011 Humanist
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Humanists in Haiti

When a devastating 7.0-magnitute earthquake struck near the Haitian capital of Port-au-Prince on January 12, 2010, leaving over one million homeless and in dire need of food and medical attention, national aid organizations from around the world mobilized quickly. President

Published in the March / April 2010 Humanist
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The Humanitarian Impulse: Not “God’s Work” for this Veteran

“It’s hard for Americans to be humble,” Mike Boehm reflects, while talking with me on the phone about his humanitarian work. Boehm is being realistic, not critical, about the typical privileges and comforts Americans enjoy. He has forgone such niceties,

Published in the March / April 2009 Humanist
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Uneven Terrain: A Peace Corps Farmer in Paraguay Follows the Contours

Photos by Kelly Gleason Another issue of indubitable importance arises: the fact that certain members of the oppressor class join the oppressed in their struggle for liberation, thus moving from one pole of the contradiction to the other. It happens,

Published in the May / June 2007 Humanist
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