More Than 1,000 Gazan Children Are Dead. How Can We Even Begin to Mourn?
In my career as a Gazan American physician, I’ve delivered 1,000 babies. Israel has killed that many children in a week.
Atrocity Propaganda
Israel and its supporters in the West are helping to provide psychological cover for an ongoing massacre of Palestinian civilians, writes Elizabeth Vos.
Israeli Military Has Killed 1 Child in Gaza Every 15 Minutes: Rights Group
"Additional children are unaccounted for and missing under the rubble of destroyed buildings, indicating the true death toll is much higher," said Defense for Children International–Palestine.
‘Humanity Must Prevail’ in Gaza, Says UN Official as Refugee Shelters Become IDF Targets
"Wars have rules," said the United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees. "Civilians, hospitals, schools, clinics, and UN premises cannot be a target."
There’s No Path to Ending Bloodshed If Palestinian Rights Continue to Be Denied
The U.S. must stop enabling Israel’s brutal collective punishment of Palestinians in Gaza.
Israel Is Using Starvation as a Weapon of War Against the Palestinian People
A full-scale ground offensive on Gaza is imminent, even as Palestinians are already suffering collective punishment.
Israel Accused of ‘Blatant War Crime’ as HRW Confirms White Phosphorus Used in Gaza
"Any time that white phosphorus is used in crowded civilian areas, it poses a high risk of excruciating burns and lifelong suffering," said one Human Rights Watch official.
Philadelphia Considers First US Bill to End Unlawful Medical Deportations
Philadelphia considers first US bill to end unlawful medical deportations.
[rewind] Kevin Cooper: My Experience With the Death Penalty
On February 9, 2004, Kevin Cooper came within 3 hours and 45 minutes of being murdered by the state of California. In this essay, Cooper recounts his experience with the…
‘An Irreversible Torture’: The Global Call to End Capital Punishment on 21st World Day Against the Death Penalty
Now in its 21st year, the day is meant to recognize the cruel, inhuman, and degrading treatment or punishment and build on the momentum of the current global abolition movement.
[rewind] Mike Farrell: Putting an end to the death penalty
Robert Scheer and Mike Farrell discuss the injustices of the death penalty.
Innocent Lives in the Balance: The Real Risk of Executing the Innocent
Human rights are not political.
[rewind] Indigenous Peoples Day: A Look Back at America’s History of Genocide
UCLA history professor Benjamin Madley’s book An American Genocide: The United States and the California Catastrophe 1846-1873 details the killing of tens of thousands of Native Americans as the state…
As a Black Woman Accused of Killing a White Man, I Was Never Innocent Until Proven Guilty
If we left behind the oppressive systems that deprive people of their very freedom, what could we create instead?
As Incarcerated Women, We’re Subjected to State Rape
We are often told that DOC policies are for our safety, yet these policies still play a part in retraumatizing us.