War

How the United States became a prisoner of war and congress went MIA.

So there is more than a little poetic justice – or is it irony? – in General Abizaid’s proposed posting to Riyadh.

“Cuban eye doctors in Jamaica are the only reason why my grandmother didn’t go fully blind in one eye after she got a botched surgery. The work they’ve done for rural and poor Jamaicans is immeasurable.”

The U.S. diplomatic presence in the eastern reaches of the Middle East is in question as the security for such embassies and consulates is the host countries' responsibility. But when the state has failed, we must ask: Is U.S. diplomacy even possible in much of the region?

Right now, Ukrainians are united in their resistance to Russia’s invasion, but we should not be surprised when the U.S. alliance with neo-Nazi proxy forces in Ukraine, including the infusion of billions of dollars in sophisticated weapons, results in similarly violent and destructive blowback.

Will Washington never learn?

2024 marked an unprecedented crisis for children globally, with record numbers displaced, malnourished, and deprived of basic rights due to escalating conflicts.

We must remember that these are not separate crises, but different fronts of the same struggle. And to resist one is to resist them all.

The streets of Tehran and other cities across the country were flooded with protesters early Friday morning.

The war on terror as the launching of an American crusade.