Regions and Countries

Gaza

My Bill Would Stop US Aid From Funding Palestinian Suffering My Bill Would Stop US Aid From Funding Palestinian Suffering

HR 2590 would restrict US military aid to Israel from being used to demolish homes, annex Palestinian land, or imprison Palestinian children in military detention facilities.

Jun 4, 2021 / Betty McCollum

Andrés Manuel López Obrador

AMLO Has Been a Disappointment to the World—for Mexico, He’s Been Far Worse AMLO Has Been a Disappointment to the World—for Mexico, He’s Been Far Worse

The Mexican president’s botched Covid response and his lean toward militarization indicate that he takes his cues from the past, not the future.

Jun 4, 2021 / Dawn Paley

Gaza Israeli Palestinian conflict

A Fart Joke Is Not a Pogrom A Fart Joke Is Not a Pogrom

In the wake of violence in Israel and Palestine, American observers distort the conflict through the lens of their own solipsism.

Jun 3, 2021 / Talia Lavin

A Year Lived Inside With Instagram and a Dutch Master

A Year Lived Inside With Instagram and a Dutch Master A Year Lived Inside With Instagram and a Dutch Master

What Pieter de Hooch, social media, and the lockdown taught me.

Jun 3, 2021 / Feature / Benjamin Moser

A Prisoner Videotaped Covid Conditions Last Year. Where Is He Now?

A Prisoner Videotaped Covid Conditions Last Year. Where Is He Now? A Prisoner Videotaped Covid Conditions Last Year. Where Is He Now?

Of life on the line.

Jun 2, 2021 / Zia Jaffrey

Ibrahim Hammad

Life in Gaza With Down Syndrome Life in Gaza With Down Syndrome

Ibrahim Hammad, 12, has never been allowed to leave the 140-square-mile territory.

Jun 1, 2021 / Sara Luterman

Guantánamo Bay

As the War Ends, So Too Must the Detention of Guantánamo Bay Prisoners Detained in Connection to It As the War Ends, So Too Must the Detention of Guantánamo Bay Prisoners Detained in Connection to It

There are 28 men still detained at Guantánamo Bay in connection with the war in Afghanistan who must be released.

May 31, 2021 / Rear Admiral (Ret.) Donald J. Guter and Rear Admiral (Ret.) John Hutson

Healthcare worker with the covid vaccine

We Can’t Trust Big Pharma to Make Enough Vaccines We Can’t Trust Big Pharma to Make Enough Vaccines

Global vaccine scarcity is not inevitable.

May 31, 2021 / Christopher Morten and Matthew Herder

Hearts for Palestine

Hearts for Palestine Hearts for Palestine

The Palestinian people's struggling for survival.

May 27, 2021 / OppArt / Andrea Arroyo and Mohammad Sabaaneh

Biden Lloyd Austin

Biden’s Pledge to Rein In Arms Deals Is Already Eroding Biden’s Pledge to Rein In Arms Deals Is Already Eroding

Backed by the weapons industry, Trump secured massive arms sales with Israel and elsewhere in the Middle East. Will Biden be different?

May 27, 2021 / William D. Hartung

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