35 years ago, Sister Helen Prejean walked down the hall at Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola with her unsteady hand on the quivering shoulder of Patrick Sonnier. His death by electrocution that night would have slid barely noticed, then and now—except Prejean was so outraged by what she saw that she wrote it down.
Author: Susanne Dumbleton
Susanne Dumbleton is Professor Emeritus and Former Dean of DePaul University School for New Learning. She is studying Professor Wangari Maathai as part of a book project on women as leaders for social change.
The Time is Still Now: Heeding Wangari Maathai’s Warnings in Turkana and Beyond
Prophetic Kenyan environmentalist Dr. Wangari Maathai predicted in the 1990s that deforestation in the horn of Africa would lead to widespread tragedy unless it was addressed. Now, the horror she feared has begun.
Why We March: To Unite for the Fight Ahead
“I will not be suckered into hatred. There is too much work to be done.”
It’s Not the Earrings: Aung San Suu Kyi and the Leadership of Burma
This week, one of the most remarkable achievements by one of the age’s most remarkable leaders will occur with little fanfare in the West. It is widely accepted that this is true only because of Aung San Suu Kyi—yet critics refuse to credit her fairly for it.