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In my last column, I wrote about The Great Leveler: Violence and the History of Inequality from the Stone Age to the Twenty-First Century, a book written by Walter Scheidel.

“Do the Write Thing" is an essay contest where middle schoolers share how violence has impacted them and propose solutions.

It has become apparent that the foreign policy of the new administration has departed from the pro-China policy of the past administration.

JACKSON, Tenn. -- The Jackson Do the Write Thing challenge kick off event was held on Thursday.

The national program asks middle school students to explain how youth violence affects them and share their ideas about how to stop it.

After-school programs and youth initiatives across Pittsburgh aim to give young people the tools for coping with, and defusing, violence.

In Southeast Asia, every leader is in a difficult position.

While much of the attention of the western world is fixated on the war between Ukraine and Russia, the Philippines and much of the rest of Asia has considered China to be a most important geopolitical force in this part of the world.

Community leaders and activists will gather at city hall Saturday morning to march in support of gun safety legislation.