Imagine a school where kids are asked to solve the world’s problems. Well, Zoe Weil has. And she’s on a mission – with her friends, colleagues, and supporters – to make it a reality. Zoe is one of the foremost leaders in the field of humane education, which promotes the humane treatment of people, animals, and the environment and offers students of all ages the knowledge, skills, and inspiration to transform unsustainable, unjust, and inhumane systems into ones that are peaceful and … Read More
Archives for November 2014
Two years ago, a young woman at University of Virginia (UVA) survived a premeditated gang rape by seven male students at a fraternity house. Some of her perpetrators have since graduated, without being disciplined or prosecuted. That’s according to an article published in Rolling Stone magazine earlier this week.* As a medical doctor, I work on sexual violence in conflict zones in Kenya and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. For more than a decade, I have worked with survivors of trauma … Read More
More than half a century ago, Harry Harlow began controversial experiments depriving baby monkeys of their mothers. Harlow forcibly separated newborn primates from their mothers and other monkeys and placed them in long-term, total social isolation and even a chamber he infamously called the “pit of despair.” As a result, the baby monkeys became severely disturbed, sometimes to the point of starving themselves to death. It became clear that the monkeys required more than sustenance; they also … Read More
Tomorrow, across America, voters will weigh in on several hot topics. In addition to deciding congressional seats, voters will determine the outcome of several measures on abortion, guns, immigration, parental rights, the minimum wage, and voting rights. What they won’t decide on is Tommy’s fate. That is currently in the hands of the appellate division of the New York Supreme Court. In April of this year, I wrote about Tommy and Steve Wise of the Nonhuman Rights Project (NhRP), the attorney … Read More