South Africa’s ICJ Case Against Israel Is a Call to Break Free From the Imperial West South Africa’s ICJ Case Against Israel Is a Call to Break Free From the Imperial West
South Africa is not only challenging Israel—it is trying to break the spell of US hegemony.
Jan 11, 2024 / Tony Karon
The Whole World Is a Narrow Bridge: Finding the Courage to Stand for a Cease-Fire The Whole World Is a Narrow Bridge: Finding the Courage to Stand for a Cease-Fire
As long as some Israelis and Palestinians still risk arrest and intimidation to call for a cease-fire and an end to occupation, we Jews in the diaspora owe them our support.
Jan 4, 2024 / Phil Aroneanu
A Palestinian Whose Childhood Was Destroyed by War Pleads for Peace A Palestinian Whose Childhood Was Destroyed by War Pleads for Peace
Never letting children endure war again is the “never again” that might actually heal our wounded humanity.
Jan 3, 2024 / Ibtisam Barakat
Cuba’s Humanitarian Crisis Cuba’s Humanitarian Crisis
US policy is exacerbating the growing crisis.
Jan 1, 2024 / William M. LeoGrande
Will Human Rights Survive? Will Human Rights Survive?
Seventy-five years ago, the UN adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Can we ensure its implementation today?
Dec 28, 2023 / Navi Pillay
The Street and the Elite Can Unite to End Israel’s Criminal War The Street and the Elite Can Unite to End Israel’s Criminal War
Both realists and idealists realize that Biden’s carte blanche policy of support for Netanyahu is hurting America.
Dec 22, 2023 / Jeet Heer
The Big Little War You’ve Probably Never Heard Of The Big Little War You’ve Probably Never Heard Of
The Democratic Republic of the Congo is holding elections. Civil war has displaced millions of the country’s citizens but garnered little attention internationally.
Dec 20, 2023 / Hugh Kinsella Cunningham and Nicolas Niarchos
Ukraine and the End of Magical Thinking Ukraine and the End of Magical Thinking
Time for reassessment and a change of course.
Dec 20, 2023 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
The UN Climate Conference Finally Names the Culprit, Fossil Fuels—but Is It Enough? The UN Climate Conference Finally Names the Culprit, Fossil Fuels—but Is It Enough?
Not demanding a “phase out” of fossil fuels—which over 140 nations at COP 28 pushed for—and or detailing how to transition—leaves the agreement without teeth.
Dec 19, 2023 / Tina Gerhardt
The Progressive Refugee Policy That Puts the West to Shame The Progressive Refugee Policy That Puts the West to Shame
Uganda’s role as a co-convenor of the Global Refugee Forum in Geneva this week should raise urgent questions about the interests behind its much-lauded open-door refugee policy.
Dec 12, 2023 / Natasha Hakimi Zapata