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Millions of immigrants in the U.S. will be affected by the court's decision. Here are two of them.

By Kimberly Krone and Lisa Vives

Mariam’s story

Seventeen-year-old "Mariam" is a young girl with big dreams. If all goes right, she'll be a lawyer or work in business.

But unlike other girls her age, her future will be decided not by her grades or her family income but by the justices of the Supreme Court.

Read more about Lives at stake as Supreme Court debates immigration actions
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Khadijah Austin joined AFSC’s Peace by Piece program (PXP) in Atlanta in 2015. After graduating from Agnes Scott College in 2011 with a BA in History, Khadijah was a pre-school teacher with the YWCA of Greater Atlanta and taught in a wide variety of other settings. Originally from St. Louis, Khadijah is co-coordinator with Joel Dickerson for Peace by Piece Atlanta. There are also Peace by Piece programs in New Orleans, Baltimore, San Diego, and Mississippi.

Read more about Community cooperatives and Black sustainability: an interview with Khadijah Austin
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And Jesus said to them, "Render to Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and to God the things that are God's." &

Read more about God and Caesar: On war tax resistance
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We've been writing a lot about journalism and violence since the recent attacks in Brussels and Lahore. Here's a run-down of our favorite resources for journalists writing about, and for, a more peaceful world.

Read more about Journalism for peace?
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A phone call at dinner becomes a personal reminder of why we must end the detention of Palestinian children.

In my tenure with AFSC, I have had the privilege of organizing hundreds of U.S. speaking tours featuring courageous individuals—mainly from the Middle East—working for peace and justice.

Read more about Truth on our "Detaining Dreams" speaking tour
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History was made in a federal court in West Virginia this week when Don Blankenship, former CEO of Massey Energy, was sentenced to a year in prison for actions leading up to the 2010 Upper Big Branch disaster, which killed 29 coal miners.

By coincidence, the verdict came on April 6, 2016, six years and a day after the tragedy.

Read more about In WV coal mining disaster, a CEO is held accountable
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How do Americans feel about immigrant detention or deportation policies, policies that tear families apart, undermine community cohesion, and erode public trust in law enforcement, not to mention cost taxpayers millions of dollars every year? Well, actually, we don’t know, because no one’s asking.

Read more about What we don’t talk about when we talk about immigration
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The following is the text read by Dan Seeger, clerk of the Friends Relations Committee in March, 2016 at AFSC's annual meeting of the Corporation as part of the report of the committee.

Read more about Gravity waves: Connecting practical activism with our life in worship
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Where in the world is news coverage of peace and nonviolence trending? Let's go to the map.

Read more about Where is news coverage of peace trending?
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Note: Aiden Katri, an Israeli transgender woman, refused her military service on March 29^th and was sentenced to her first prison term in a men’s prison. Sahar Vardi, coordinator of AFSC’s Israel program, offers a reflection on the intersectionality of movements and the importance of refusing all forms of oppression. - Lucy

Imagine a 19 year old girl jailed in a men’s military prison for refusing to breach international law. Sounds absurd, doesn’t it?