The Fate of Nations Is Tied to the Status of Women
The degree of women’s equality predicts best how peaceful or conflict-ridden their countries are.
Nicaragua Hits Germany With ICJ Case for Aiding Israel in Gaza Genocide
"The Global South strikes again against the morally and politically decayed West," said one supporter of the case.
The US Must Stop Arming Israel’s Assault on Hospitals
If we can't find the morality to stop, we may find we have created a world in which no one can count on upholding basic human rights.
Will Netanyahu Bring Down Biden?
The U.S. president needs to take back U.S. policy from the Israel lobby and should stop backing Israel’s extremist and utterly illegal policies.
As Israeli Forces Fire on Starving Palestinians, US Again Vetoes UN Cease-Fire Resolution
"We should ask ourselves: How many innocent lives must be sacrificed before the council deems it necessary to call for a cease-fire?" said the Algerian envoy to the United Nations.
ICJ Hearings to Examine 57 Years of Israeli Occupation of Palestine
"Decades of injustice will finally face scrutiny," said U.N. human rights official Francesca Albanese ahead of next week's Hague hearings on the legal consequences of Israel's illegal occupation.
How the CIA Destabilizes the World
If only the CIA’s rogue operations had been consigned to history as a result of the crimes exposed by the Church Committee, or at the least had brought the CIA…
IDF Let Israeli Civilians Film Torture of Palestinian Detainees
"This is beyond military occupation, apartheid, economic exploitation, and all the rest," asserted one journalist. "There is something extremely sickening happening here."
EU Foreign Policy Chief to World Leaders: ‘Stop Saying Please’ and Cut Off Arms to Israel
"If you believe that too many people are being killed, maybe you should provide less arms in order to prevent so many people being killed," Josep Borrell said in remarks…
IDF Rescues Two Hostages While Killing Dozens of Palestinians in Rafah
"More than a million people, many living in tents and makeshift shelters, now face a dramatic escalation in this ongoing massacre," warned Meinie Nicolai of Médecins Sans Frontières.
Missing 6-Year-Old Gaza Girl Hind Rajab Found Dead With Massacred Family, Rescue Workers
Rajab drew worldwide attention following the publication of her desperate plea for help as she sat surrounded by relatives slain by Israeli troops. Two paramedics sent to rescue the child…
The Biden-Schumer Plan to Kill More Ukrainians
The $61 billion will make no difference on the battlefield except to prolong the war, the tens of thousands of deaths, and the physical destruction of Ukraine.
“Every Child is a Whole Universe”: We Mothers Call for Ceasefire
When some would tell us that our identities—Palestinian and Israeli—should make us enemies, we have known that another identity binds us together. We are both mothers, dedicated to keeping our…
We Ignore the Ongoing Collapse of American Democracy at Our Peril
Fascism can happen here and we know this because it is happening here. And unless more people wake up and fight back, it will be too late.
Why the Market—Not to Mention the Billionaires—Cannot Save Journalism
This isn’t just a journalism crisis: it’s a democracy crisis. And it’s a problem that we must collectively confront as a society.