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Cambodia is afflicted with some of the highest concentrations of land mineson earth.

Cambodia Is Teaching the World How to Clear Land Mines Cambodia Is Teaching the World How to Clear Land Mines

The country’s history of bombardment has led it to develop expertise in the dangerous, delicate business of removing these hidden threats.

Oct 14, 2023 / Feature / Moustafa Bayoumi

A man cradles a child injured during the bombing of the Gaza Strip.

Neither Palestinians nor Israelis Will Be Safe Unless All Are Safe Neither Palestinians nor Israelis Will Be Safe Unless All Are Safe

The way out of this nightmare is not through more military assaults and mass atrocities but through insisting on addressing the root causes of this violence.

Oct 13, 2023 / Jamil Dakwar

Lost in a fog.

Oct 13, 2023 / Steve Brodner

Palestinians carrying their belongings flee following the Israeli army's warning to leave their homes and move south before an expected ground offensive, in Gaza City on October 13, 2023.

Jewish Grief Must Not Be Used as a Weapon of War Jewish Grief Must Not Be Used as a Weapon of War

We are in mourning this week—but we cannot sit back while Israel uses our trauma as a reason to destroy Gaza.

Oct 13, 2023 / Stefanie Fox

NBC Nightly News anchor Lester Holt reports from Tel Aviv, Israel, on October 11, 2023.

A Reminder to the Media: Palestinian Lives Matter Too A Reminder to the Media: Palestinian Lives Matter Too

Throughout the past week of horrors in Gaza and Israel, mainstream US news programs have made it painfully clear that, for them, Palestinians are expendable.

Oct 13, 2023 / Jack Mirkinson

A group of people hold signs reading

Safe Staffing Is Front and Center in Another Huge Healthcare Strike Safe Staffing Is Front and Center in Another Huge Healthcare Strike

Seventy-five thousand healthcare workers at Kaiser Permanente locations across five states and Washington, D.C., walked off the job to demand an end to staffing shortages.

Oct 13, 2023 / Bryce Covert

House majority leader Steve Scalise (R-La.) announces that he is pulling out of the race to become speaker following a House Republican Conference meeting on Capitol Hill on Thursday evening, October 12, 2023, in Washington, D.C.

The House GOP Is Irretrievably Broken The House GOP Is Irretrievably Broken

It couldn’t happen to a more deserving group of people. The problem is that their dysfunction could break the country, too.

Oct 13, 2023 / Joan Walsh

Leonard Leo, the executive vice president of the Federalist Society, speaks at the 2017 National Lawyers Convention in Washington, D.C., on November 16, 2017.

How Leonard Leo Weaponized the Courts Against Democracy How Leonard Leo Weaponized the Courts Against Democracy

The Federalist Society uses billionaire funds and right-wing ideology to remake the law.

Oct 13, 2023 / Jeet Heer

Keir Starmer, leader of the Labour Party, delivers his keynote speech on day three of the UK Labour Party annual conference in Liverpool, UK, on October 10, 2023.

The British Labour Party, Sponsored by Amazon and Deliveroo The British Labour Party, Sponsored by Amazon and Deliveroo

On the conference stage where, four years ago, delegates waved Palestinian flags, Keir Starmer defended Israel's right to retaliate in Gaza.

Oct 13, 2023 / Marcus Barnett

Silence Is Complicity

Silence Is Complicity Silence Is Complicity

Let’s speak out against white supremacy, human trafficking, bigotry, sexual abuse, gun violence, oppression, mass shootings, domestic violence…

Oct 13, 2023 / OppArt / Judy Polstra

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