50 years later, a speech by King has lessons for a president
Difficult work remains for those in whom Martin Luther King Jr. had the most hope: the people, organizing grass-roots power for peace.
Trump’s Saudi trip should not be to clinch arms deal but to end Yemen...
Trump should use his trip to put a halt to weapons sales and press the Saudis to sit with neighboring countries to find new political solutions.
War in Syria: 10 years and still counting
Despite a decade of battling and a wrecked country, al-Assad remains immovably in power on military help from Iran and Russia.
How war divides us
What are the ways the twenty-first-century wars have polarized Americans?
Gaza on the brink: Famine looms as crisis deepens
The World Food Program's chief economist, Arif Husain, points out that Gaza meets at least one of the criteria for famine.
Nations halt UNRWA funds amid shocking staff misconduct claims: Gaza’s lifeline at risk
The international community remains divided on the issue, with some nations like Norway and Ireland pledging to continue their support for UNRWA.
The Execution of Nimr Al-Nimr: One More Reason to Re-evaluate the Toxic U.S.-Saudi Alliance
The killing of Sheikh Al-Nimr should serve as a prime moment for the U.S. to reconsider its alliance with the Saudi regime, a regime that not only denies human rights to its own people but exports death and destruction abroad.
The secret Republican history of Sean Spicer’s Holocaust, in 7 steps
Get used to the moral outrage – and the corporate lingo. Welcome to Republican America, circa 2017.
What does ‘denuclearization’ mean in the negotiations for an end to the Korean War?
Maybe ending U.S. occupation of South Korea.
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...