![US Senators Chris Van Hollen (C-L) and Jeff Merkley (C-R) talk to the press as they visit the Egyptian side of the Rafah border crossing with the southern Gaza Strip along with a US delegation on January 5, 2024.](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/GettyImages-1902954823-1.jpg)
Report From the Rafah Crossing: An Interview With Jeff Merkley Report From the Rafah Crossing: An Interview With Jeff Merkley
The Oregon senator who tried to get into Gaza explains what he saw and learned.
Feb 9, 2024 / Q&A / Jon Wiener
![Senator Bernie Sanders, an independent from Vermont, speaks during a news conference at the US Capitol in Washington, D.C., on Thursday, May 18, 2023.](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/bernie-sanders-speech-getty.jpg)
Bernie Sanders: “The International Billionaire Class Is Making Out Like Bandits” Bernie Sanders: “The International Billionaire Class Is Making Out Like Bandits”
The Vermont senator denounces the wealth concentration fueling global wars at the expense of everyday people.
Feb 8, 2024 / Sen. Bernie Sanders
![Palestinians and dual nationality holders fleeing from Gaza arrive on the Egyptian side of the Rafah border crossing with the Gaza Strip on December 5, 2023](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/GettyImages-1825448145.jpg)
“I Have Left, but I’m Still There”: The Last Gaza Diary “I Have Left, but I’m Still There”: The Last Gaza Diary
After 84 days, Atef Abu Saif left Gaza. Here, he reflects on what he endured.
Feb 8, 2024 / Atef Abu Saif
![A university gate is seen destroyed in the southern Gaza Strip city of Khan Younis, on Jan. 29, 2024.](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/GettyImages-1963646211.jpg)
Israel’s Cultural Genocide Is Destroying Gaza’s Very Memory Israel’s Cultural Genocide Is Destroying Gaza’s Very Memory
Israel has attacked universities, mosques, heritage sites, libraries, and more. The goal is simple: to eradicate the past, present, and future of Palestine.
Feb 8, 2024 / Ahmad Ibsais
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Unexploded Ordnance in Laos Continues to Maim and Kill People Unexploded Ordnance in Laos Continues to Maim and Kill People
The USA dropped over 266 million bombs in Laos from 1964 to 1973. Over 80 million failed to explode and continue to kill and maim people to this day. Photos taken at the Cooperativ...
Feb 7, 2024 / OppArt / Andrea Arroyo
![Children in Rafah.](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/GettyImages-1825357880.jpg)
“The List of My Lost Beloveds Grows Unbearably Long”: Another Month In Gaza “The List of My Lost Beloveds Grows Unbearably Long”: Another Month In Gaza
More excerpts from the diaries of writer Atef Abu Saif.
Feb 7, 2024 / Atef Abu Saif
![French far-right Rassemblement National parliamentary group president Marine Le Pen addresses the media at the National Assembly in Paris on February 6, 2023.](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/france-le-pen-media-150KB-getty.jpg)
The Rise of Authoritarian Journalism in France The Rise of Authoritarian Journalism in France
In French newsrooms and radio studios, unconditional support for Israel is the norm and part of a wider lurch to the right.
Feb 7, 2024 / Serge Halimi and Pierre Rimbert
![A messy empty hospital dormitory room after an armed attack forced the closure of Fontaine Hospital in Port-au-Prince, Haiti](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/GettyImages-1790163736.jpg)
Why Is the US Paying Kenya to Clean Up the Mess We Made in Haiti? Why Is the US Paying Kenya to Clean Up the Mess We Made in Haiti?
The Biden administration likes to talk about democracy, but when it comes to the disaster unfolding a few hundred miles from Miami, democracy is apparently far too dangerous.
Feb 6, 2024 / Amy Wilentz
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The World’s Ultimate Frisbee Community Is Revolting Against Its Leaders Over Gaza The World’s Ultimate Frisbee Community Is Revolting Against Its Leaders Over Gaza
After the head of the international group overseeing Ultimate refused a Palestinian call to support a cease-fire, players across the globe fought back.
Feb 6, 2024 / Frankie de la Cretaz
![A pro-Palestinian protester holds a handmade placard paying tribute to Palestinian journalists at a rally in Whitehall to call for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza and an end to Israel's occupation on February 3, 2024, in London, United Kingdom.](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/GettyImages-1978427240.jpg)
An Essential Intervention on Behalf of Embattled Palestinian Journalists An Essential Intervention on Behalf of Embattled Palestinian Journalists
The Committee to Protect Journalists has just committed $300,000 to an emergency fund to aid journalists working in Gaza.
Feb 5, 2024 / John Nichols