The racism on display in Charlottesville has many screaming for justice. Adam Ericksen claims that true justice means more than denouncing the KKK. We must take a long look at the American stories that have fostered racism. Only then can we, like Jesus, tell a new story based on God's justice.

With gratitude to our readers, the Raven team is taking a month-long break from posting articles to cultivate peace within ourselves. See you Aug. 15!

An interfaith vigil expanded Lindsey Paris-Lopez's empathy for veterans and soldiers, even as she prays humanity will expand its empathy and abolish war.

The 9 nuclear nations boycotted the U.N. negotiations to ban nuclear weapons. Yet the ban passed, and Robert Koehler is hopeful for a future without nukes.

Inspired by WWI conscientious objector Ben Salmon, Kathy Kelly encourages us to "Imagine if equivalent energies [to those used to make war] were devoted to promoting means and methods of nonviolence, along with ways to end the war against the environment and creation of “green” jobs among Chicago’s youngest generations."