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Columnist Colman McCarthy writes monthly about peace and social justice issues.

Marie Deans poses outside her office at the Virginia Coalition on Jails & Prisons in March 2017. (Wikimedia Commons/B. Pitler)

The families against the death penalty, no matter their personal pain

It's Happening: With the outgoing administration supporting a surge in federal executions, our attention and gratitude goes to the stories of families who have lost loved ones to homicide but publicly lobby against governmental vengeance.

President-elect Joe Biden speaks at his transition headquarters in Wilmington, Delaware, Nov. 24. (CNS/Reuters/Joshua Roberts)

How Biden deals with stuttering reveals his character

It's Happening: "It's not a heavy load, but it's always with me, like a touchstone, as a reminder that everyone carries his or her own burdens," Biden has said. I, too, carry the speaking impediment.

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Why I don't vote

It's Happening: I've never voted in any election, going back to when Kennedy and Nixon were offering their services to the country. Why? Because I'm a pacifist — and on my better days, a pacifist-anarchist.

This college semester will be different, but there is more than one kind of remoteness

It's Happening: For the first time in 38 years, I won't have the privilege of sharing time and ideas in a classroom with college students at American University and Georgetown University in courses about peace and social justice.

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Samantha Power's memoir sheds light on foreign policy in the Obama years

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What do we want? We want to live

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Is there a doctor in the house who can stand up to Trump?

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Bernie Sanders inspires me to be better

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Conscience decides if a lawyer can defend someone like Harvey Weinstein

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As caucus hoopla subsides, remember these heroic Iowans

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You can get your 'meat' fix without exacting a pound of flesh from animals

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The end of a well-lived life can lead you from death to dissecting table

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District of Champions: The Nationals gave DC a much-needed win

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The unexpected life of Angelo D'Agostino, Jesuit, psychiatrist, missionary

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David Koch: kindhearted, caring citizen, obligated to share wealth

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Pacifism of my friend Joan Baez inspires a new generation

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Nixon and Trump: what a pair

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Bicycles breeze through US as cyclist numbers rise, bike lanes expand

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Trump's cheating may dishonor the sport, but I'll keep on golfing

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The honest way to get into college is tough

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Michelle Obama was an adept first lady, but could she have done more?

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There's a lot to learn from the good McCarthys

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The women of the 116th Congress will make a difference by being different

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