In proclaiming the oneness of mankind He (Bahá’u’lláh) taught that men and women are equal in the sight of God and that there is no distinction to be made between them. The only difference between them now is due to lack of education and training. If woman is given equal...

Toxic Emissions According to long time environmental activist Peggy Shephard, co-founder and executive director of We Act, environmental racism is the intentional targeting of pollution in communities of color and low income.      Shephard explains that this is because “most low income communities of color are less informed, they vote...

The idea of Race is one very familiar to everyone today in the early 21st century, but it wasn’t always the case. In fact, the idea of race is relatively new.      Jeremy Helligar, writing in July 2020 for Reader’s Digest states, “We tend to think of race as a...

One of the greatest problems faced by every human society is the administration of justice. In fact, one of the great difficulties of applying justice is that we don’t even have a common understanding of what is just.      Justice is variously defined by different people and theories as: Something...

Genocide:    “the deliberate extermination of a large group of people, especially those of a particular ethnic, racial, political, national or cultural group.” In the minds of many the word genocide may only be applied in cases where the genocidal intent is successfully completed, but this isn’t actually the proper...

Justice As a beginning into the subject of Justice and Fairness, I’ve decided to use a quote, and it’s commentary, from my book, Ponder: Musings on the Art of Bahá’í Meditation. In brief there are four types of Justice that are discussed and written about by Lawyers and Law academics....

In 1938, Shoghi Effendi, the Guardian of the Bahá’í Faith (1921–1957) wrote a series of letters to the American Bahá’í community later published under the title of The Advent of Divine Justice.      Throughout his work, he made reference to Bahá’u’lláh, the founder of the Bahá’í movement and to his...

One of the “Big” questions in life asks whether human individuals are the way they are due to nature, that is the chemistry of ourselves, or nurture, that is how we are raised? There’s no question that both have a role to play in our development, but how much?     ...