Prosecuting Putin’s Aggression Prosecuting Putin’s Aggression
Prosecuting the crime of aggression is the only effective way to target those who are most responsible for the horrors of war. Yet international law does not currently recognize th...
Apr 14, 2022 / Philippe Sands for The Nation
Autocracies and Fossil Fuels Go Hand in Hand Autocracies and Fossil Fuels Go Hand in Hand
The extraction of hydrocarbons tends to support despotism, whereas sun and wind are much closer to being democratic.
Apr 11, 2022 / Bill McKibben
The Ukraine Crisis Comes to the UN The Ukraine Crisis Comes to the UN
Volodymyr Zelensky delivers an impassioned speech—and the General Assembly revises its role.
Apr 8, 2022 / Barbara Crossette
Life Under Russian Occupation in Bucha Life Under Russian Occupation in Bucha
A Ukrainian mother and daughter talk about life under Russian rule in a town where war crimes are alleged to have taken place.
Apr 8, 2022 / Nicolas Niarchos
Our Planet’s Long History of War Our Planet’s Long History of War
Whether we care to realize it or not, we’re now in a strange and threatening new world of war.
Apr 8, 2022 / Tom Engelhardt
The Little Picketers of Russia The Little Picketers of Russia
The rules are simple: Create a small figure with a banner protesting the invasion, put it in a public place, and upload a photo.
Apr 8, 2022 / Joy Neumeyer
What Will It Take to Shrink the Pentagon’s Budget? What Will It Take to Shrink the Pentagon’s Budget?
We have now reached the point in our collective history where we face three certainties: death, taxes, and ever-soaring spending on weaponry and war.
Apr 6, 2022 / William Astore
How Kherson Was Occupied How Kherson Was Occupied
What Novaya Gazeta’s reporter Elena Kostyuchenko saw with her own eyes.
Apr 6, 2022 / Elena Kostyuchenko
Putin’s Miscalculation Should Be a Lesson to the US Putin’s Miscalculation Should Be a Lesson to the US
If there’s one thing to be learned from the present moment, it’s just how fickle such calculations can be and how easily the global situation can turn.
Apr 4, 2022 / Michael T. Klare
War Is Not an Excuse to Ignore Climate Change War Is Not an Excuse to Ignore Climate Change
Don’t let the oil and gas companies fool you.
Apr 1, 2022 / Stan Cox