Egyptian demonstrators in Cairo’s Tahrir Square seek human rights and democracy to replace the Mubarak-led military dictatorship in February 2011. The peaceful demonstrators were brutally attacked by Mubarak-inspired thugs and plainclothes members of the Mubarak security forces. More

Favianna Rodriguez ( favianna.com ) A human hand reaches out from the side of a bird in this print, Transnational, by Favianna Rodriguez. The bird represents people who “migrate to improve their lives,” Rodriguez writes, and the hand “represents the manual labor that migrants do once they reach More

Moses’ subjectivity and vulnerability provide us human insight into the mysterious prophetic character. Hillel Smith More

Human Ambiguity and the Architecture of Existence by Ken Sperling. Ken Sperling ( kensperling.com ) More

Some consciousness studies scholars seek to prove the specialness of human cognition, ignoring signs of awareness and intention in other species. Mad Mule by Pamela Blotner, pencil and mixed media, 2004. More

Toni Scott ( toniscott.com ) African Roots—Human Beginnings, Conceptions of Race by Toni Scott. Hydrostone and wood. More

Caitlin Ng ( caitlinng.com ) Religious environmentalism “restores to human consciousness an understanding of nature as . . . the bearer of mystery and spirit,” the author writes. Walk Softly on the Earth by Caitlin Ng. More

We now have the power to destroy all human life, if not all life, on Earth. Let’s try the path of tikken olam instead. Creative Commons More