Young men are forced to take part in conscript lottery, but the rich often avoid serving in army ...

It's become popular to blame the antiwar movement for prolonging the Vietnam War and electing Richard Nixon. That's misguided ...

Social media has allowed Israeli conscientious objectors to go public with their refusals, rather than refusing quietly or ...

Stacker compiled images of student-led demonstrations from the past century to contextualize the history of protests on ...

Their relatives look back at their decisions and reflect on the legacy of conscientious objection today. "He rarely spoke about what happened to him," says Chris Lawson, 76, of his father ...

Floyd grew up in Palestine, Texas and spent two years in Houston – where Floyd, a conscientious objector, worked as a janitor at a state hospital in order to avoid the draft – before he moved to ...

The protest, which began last Monday, called for a cease-fire and divestment from Israel amid the war in Gaza. Protesters had ...

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Why does Turkey insist on the non-recognition of the right to conscientious objection? How are those pursuing their conscience affected by such non-recognition? These questions are important as the ...

At the recent opening, Columbia historian Mae Ngai, and an editor of "Corky Lee’s Asian America: 50 Years of Photographic ...

Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni’s far-right-led government wants to allow anti-abortion groups access to women considering ...

When it was Netiwit Chotiphatphaisal’s turn to draw a card this month, he refused, making a rare protest as a conscientious objector. If prosecuted, it is believed he could become the first ...