In April, members of the Standing Rock Sioux tribe gathered outside a North Dakota town called Cannon Ball to stop the construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline. Since then, they have been joined by hundreds from other tribes, as well as allies from across the country. If completed, the pipeline would cost $3.7 billion and cover over 1,170 miles of land. Its construction would destroy native land and the pipeline could threaten the environment and water supply of millions of people.

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A look at some of the daily struggles faced by young peacemakers in one of Latin America's most violent countries.

I began working as an intern with AFSC in El Salvador at the end of 2015, the year that our country was ranked the most violent in Latin America. That year, the country witnessed a 70 percent increase in violent deaths—one of the most deadly since the height of El Salvador’s civil war in the early ’80s.

Fabio Cano Gómez, a native of El Salvador, is an intern with AFSC's El Salvador Program, working on issues of migration and urban violence. He earned his bachelor's in international relations from the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro.

As the second week of the 2016 Summer Olympics winds to a close in Rio, we take a look at some of the best writing on the web exploring the intersections of sports, oppression, and social justice.

From Fencing in a Hijab to Swimming for Refugees, These 5 Olympians Inspire Us, by Liza Bayless, via YES! Magazine

Matthew Lowen serves as the Associate Program Director for AFSC’s Arizona office, and has worked with AFSC since 2005. During that time he has led the effort to end the use of solitary confinement in Arizona prisons. In this capacity he has collaborated closely with partner organizations and community groups across Arizona on issues of mass incarceration, immigrant detention, Operation Streamline, and criminalization. More.