War

In both the Somali and Afghan incidents, the US at first denied that any non-combatants had been killed.

U.S. commandos are a “persistent presence” on Russia’s doorstep.

“If you look for instance at the surges in Ku Klux Klan membership, they align more consistently with the return of veterans from combat and the aftermath of war than they do with anti-immigration, populism, economic hardship or any of the other factors that historians have typically used to explain them."

The most dangerous weapon ever rolls off the nuclear assembly line.

Ironically, the collapse of the Afghanistan government is a powerful argument that the state-builders and counter-insurgency advocates failed miserably, but Biden took the blame for it.

The winners are the opportunists and war profiteers, and the losers are the people of Ukraine, working and poor people everywhere, but especially in the Global South, and our fading hopes of halting the climate crisis.

"The surge in anti-Arab and anti-Palestinian sentiment we are experiencing is unprecedented, and this is another example of that hate turning violent," one advocate said.

As the global community grapples with the implications of these actions, the need for transparency and accountability in conflict zones becomes increasingly apparent.

The truth is the collective power of the world—or even a sliver of the world—could stop the slaughter tomorrow.

As the ICC prepares to potentially issue arrest warrants for high-ranking Israeli officials, including Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, for war crimes, a closer look at the concerted efforts by the U.S. and Israel to prevent these legal actions.