Friday, June 19, 2026

UN ceasefire defines war as a non-essential activity

War is a luxury that the Secretary General says we must manage without for a while.

How volunteers in Ukraine are helping civilians reach safety

Amid deportations, floods and shelling, grassroots groups have formed to help Ukrainians evacuate the frontlines and occupied territories.

Israel halves aid to Gaza as ceasefire fractures over return of remains

UN officials say Israel will allow just 300 aid trucks per day into famine-stricken Gaza as fuel bans continue and rubble hampers recovery of hostages’ bodies.

The weaponization of immigrants

Is the far right not just using the rhetoric of anti-immigration, but also using the actual immigrants themselves as weapons?

A parable of (all-American) violence

Accountability and the war of terror...

Half million Ukrainian refugees and counting, says UN office

One refugee expressed hope "that the bombs stop. That the killing stops. And that we can go home again."

Big Oil profits surge as Democrats push windfall tax tied to Iran war

Lawmakers and advocacy groups propose taxing fossil fuel windfalls as war-driven price spikes hit American households and deepen inequality.

The fear driving US nuclear strategy

There is no easy way back from this brink. But you can help, both now and in the future, by doing one or more of the suggestions below.

War and the imperial presidency

Congress offers a bipartisan blank check to Donald Trump.

Brooklyn, Spring/Summer ’69- On Neighborhoods and War

You live in the burbs, or what they call so many small cities nowadays. Strip malls, shopping centers and it seems a...