Peace is Sexy

Allison Pytlak – Advocating for a Weapons Free World

Allison Pytlak, the Control Arms Coalition‘s Campaign Manager, discusses how she got involved in advocacy and what it’s like to do work that makes a difference. Tell me how you got started. I have been very lucky. After I finished my undergraduate degree in International Relations, I was a bit lost and unsure of exactly what [...]

Peace is Fun

Colby and Awu – Singing a New Paradigm

An American rapper and Cameroonian singer team up to create songs that highlight environmentalism, peace, social justice and a more positive world. Colby and Awu’s journey began this past summer (2012) in Bamenda, Cameroon. Colby Jeffers went there with his wife, Mallory, to volunteer with a nonprofit organization called “The Greens,” which focuses on environmentalism [...]

Peace is Possible

The America First Committee and Bi-Partisanship

Guest Contributor Nathan Lawrence looks at anti-militarism bi-partisanship past and present. The year is 2013, Obama has been in office for more than 100 days, and the sequester has been in effect for several weeks now. In the midst of it all, the polarization between the GOP and the Democratic Party seems to be [...]

Peace is Profitable

The launch of Aid 2.0

Andreas Perez de Fransius, Peace is Profitable Contributor, discusses a new approach to international aid for developing countries. Mentions of the European Union (EU) currently conjure up images of financial distress and bailouts. While facing such challenges, this much-maligned institution is currently debating how its international development cooperation can complement the individual efforts of its 27 [...]