U.S. Senate passes resolution condemning pro-Palestinian campus activism amidst escalating speech suppression
Amidst rising tensions and a national debate, voices on U.S. campuses and workplaces face severe backlash for speaking out on the Israel-Gaza conflict, raising pivotal questions about free speech and the price of political expression in America.
500 years is long enough! Human Depravity in the Congo
For more than 500 years, the Congo has been brutalized by the extraordinary violence inflicted by those who have treated the country as a resource – for slaves, rubber, timber, wildlife and minerals – to be exploited.
Escalation in Yemen: Israeli airstrikes and Houthi retaliations deepen regional conflict
A new front emerges in the Middle East as Israeli airstrikes target Yemen’s Hodeidah port following Houthi drone attacks on Tel Aviv, raising concerns of a broader regional conflict.
White House Provides Suspiciously Low Total of Civilian Drone Strike Deaths
A newly released report puts the death toll at no more than 116 for civilians killed by drones. So why do watchdog groups estimate the real number as up to 1,000?
Wash. Post didn’t disclose that writer who penned positive piece about Trump’s Saudi trip...
Why does the Post embarrass itself by publishing lobbyist Ed Rogers?
Former Guantánamo Chief Summoned by French Court Over Torture Allegations
General Geoffrey Miller presided over the U.S. military prison in Cuba from 2002 to 2004, after then-President George Bush approved of ‘enhanced interrogation’ techniques including waterboarding.
How the invasion of Ukraine underscored the importance of the world’s nuclear workers
The world’s nuclear professionals work across international boundaries to learn from each other, enhancing their safety and that of all they serve.
Republican Candidates Defend Killing Civilians to Fight Terrorism — and so do Democrats
For a number of years now, prominent Democrats have also been advocating very dangerous ideas, with Democratic leaders also defending the large-scale killing of civilians in the name of "fighting terrorism."
Can U.S. progressives stop a war with Iran?
Over the last few weeks there’s been yet another surge in tensions in the Middle East, with the Islamic Republic of Iran...
How Ukrainian civilians are resisting military force
https://www.yesmagazine.org/democracy/2022/03/01/ukraine-civilian-resistanceEven as Putin’s swift invasion of Ukraine has left a lot of shock, Ukrainians are showing what unarmed people can do to resist, too.