America’s major challenges in Middle East policy in 2017
Trump’s announced Iran policy is a mess, and it remains to be seen if he can shape it into something meaningful.
Gaza, the G-word and leadership
Exploring the depths of conflict: Unraveling the complex dynamics of the Israeli-Hamas tensions and their global implications.
The Year of Trump: sexual assault, Nazis, and a pedophile
2017 is over. But what inexplicable horrors await us in 2018?
Military moral injury, iolence, and the parable of the Guinea worm
An unexpected encounter with compassion.
IDF chief signals intent to turn Gaza ceasefire line into new border
Remarks from Eyal Zamir and Benjamin Netanyahu deepen concerns of de facto annexation as Palestinians remain confined behind the “yellow line”
Israel bombs last functioning hospital in northern Gaza, killing child during Palm Sunday evacuation
Strike on al-Ahli Hospital condemned by global faith leaders and medical groups as healthcare system in Gaza nears total collapse
Where does #MeToo go from here? Women are ‘on fire’ with rage as Kavanaugh...
“I hope that it is deep enough that it is forming a strong, cohesive movement among people that will resonate through this country and change the culture.”
Give children the vote, strengthen democracy
Facilitating such participation would not only encourage broader social responsibility among young people, it would enrich and strengthen democracy itself.
Bureau of Land Mg’t gives Big Oil permits to drill Chaco Canyon, ignores courts
This ancestral Indigenous land is now a checkerboard of state, federal, private, and Indigenous land.
All bets are off as Republican democracy killers concoct ever-scarier nightmares
While Democrats work at marginal political solutions, the radical right heads for the rocks, crying “full steam ahead.”