Tuesday, July 15, 2025

American Power at the Crossroads

Earth is no longer the property of the globe’s “sole superpower.”

Moral injury and the forever wars

What Americans don’t want to hear...

Images of Gaza’s starving babies have gone round the world. This is what malnutrition...

Between April 2025 and March 2026, there will be 71,000 cases of acute malnutrition among children under five, including 14,100 severe cases.

Ethiopia: Death and despair as divisions erupt into violent conflict

Ethiopians are killing one another in the Tigray region of the country where an armed conflict is raging between the Ethiopian military and forces loyal to the regional government.

Why binary thinking on Russia’s invasion is a losing strategy

We urgently need a progressive politics that extends solidarity with the victims of military violence—no matter which state perpetrates it—and resists the militarism of our own governments.

It’s time to make a deal with North Korea

If the U.S. made a deal with Maoist China in the 1970s, it can surely cut one with North Korea today.

How pro-war Democrats use Russiagate to bloat the military – and why that’s dangerous

Russia became the bipartisan justification for an $716 billion defense budget and nuclear build-up.

Sanders calls for DOJ investigation into Israeli killing of American activist Ayşenur Eygi

Senator Bernie Sanders demands a DOJ investigation into the killing of Turkish-American activist Ayşenur Eygi by Israeli forces, highlighting a pattern of impunity for the deaths of American citizens in the occupied West Bank.

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.

What a truly humanitarian response in Afghanistan would look like

While there are no guarantees of success in the short-term, here are five proven steps that can be taken to mitigate violence as the Taliban consolidate power.