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This article was originally drafted by the South Africa Node of the Millennium Project as part of the Rockefeller Foundation’s Searchlight Process. For more Searchlight content on futurechallenges.org, please click here. Where a South African child is born and lives remains the single largest factor in determining access, or otherwise, to […]

Today many people all across the world celebrated the International Day of Peace.  I, on the other hand, spent the day trying to avoid being shot at with rubber bullets, pelted with rocks or tear-gassed. This was the situation amid the national protest in Pakistan against the now-famous anti-Islam film. […]

From Masha: Hey Tom, Interesting take on the war issue. I might disagree with you on several points as I see it in a different gender perspective. I believe that war is a man made thing. It is very unfortunate that English language does not really differentiate between man as a male […]

From Yohana: Hey Tom! I’ve been thinking about your email all day. As I strongly disagree with you, I tried to understand your point of view. Maybe because I live in a country that doesn’t get involved in wars as much as United States (or other countries) do, I simply don’t get […]

From Rabab: Thanks Tom. Your email reminded me of this: “Is it for faith to deliver peace, when on all sides inequity thrives for it shall indeed thrive, when the blessed walk past blissfully blind, content in their own moral purity, in the peace filling their souls? Oh, you might […]