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A woman walks past a crater where a collapsed building stood following an Israeli air strike in Beirut’s southern suburbs, on October 7, 2024.

Israel Invaded Lebanon Because the United States Let It Israel Invaded Lebanon Because the United States Let It

The leveling of Lebanese border towns is the continuation of Israel’s Gaza policy: total destruction and ill-defined objectives.

Oct 9, 2024 / Séamus Malekafzali

Parents of missing students protest on September 26, 2024, in Mexico City.

AMLO Has Broken His Promise to Families of the Disappeared AMLO Has Broken His Promise to Families of the Disappeared

On the 10th anniversary of the forced disappearance of 43 students in Iguala, victims’ families say the outgoing Mexican president has betrayed them.

Oct 9, 2024 / Ann Louise Deslandes

Palestinians in a destroyed residential area try to collect usable items under the rubble.

What Happens When Bereaved Israelis and Palestinians Share Their Pain? What Happens When Bereaved Israelis and Palestinians Share Their Pain?

Two young men, one Palestinian and one Israeli, both of whom had lost people they deeply loved to the conflict, came to speak about reconciliation, friendship, and peace.

Oct 8, 2024 / Helen Benedict

Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris speaks during a rally at Ripon College on October 3, 2024, in Ripon, Wisconsin.

Kamala Harris Is Taking a Big Risk by Playing It Safe Kamala Harris Is Taking a Big Risk by Playing It Safe

The Democratic nominee is acting like protecting her small lead is more important than energizing her base. We’ve seen this story before—and it didn’t end well.

Oct 7, 2024 / Jeet Heer

A Palestinian woman carrying her child in her arms cries in front of a building destroyed in Israel's attack on the Bureij Refugee Camp on September 19, 2024.

‘I Have Watched My People Suffer in Ways That Would Shock the World’ ‘I Have Watched My People Suffer in Ways That Would Shock the World’

Dispatches from Gaza on surviving a year of genocide.

Oct 7, 2024 / Lujayn, Mohammed R. Mhawish, Ahmed Abu Artema, and Hani Almadhoun

Protesters rally in support of Gaza and Lebanon in Washington Square Parl on October 5, 2024, in New York City.

Nothing Will Ever Be the Same Again Nothing Will Ever Be the Same Again

Day by day, for a year, the Israeli military waged an unrelenting campaign of extermination against Palestinians in Gaza. Day by day, people of conscience tried to stop it.

Oct 7, 2024 / Noura Erakat

Einav Zangauker, the mother of hostage Matan Zangauker, protests for his release.

Israel’s Internal Contradictions Israel’s Internal Contradictions

As Israel approached the one-year anniversary of October 7, it seemed to be at a crossroads, with two powerful blocs pulling in two different directions.

Oct 7, 2024 / Meron Rapoport

Yemen Cluster Bomb

The Remnants of War Are Killing People in Times of Peace The Remnants of War Are Killing People in Times of Peace

Unexploded ordnance makes the terror of war linger after the wars themselves are in the history books.

Oct 2, 2024 / Andrea Mazzarino

Jimmy Carter in Washington, DC, on November 28, 2006.

Jimmy Carter, at 100, Is Best Honored by Listening to His Advice About the Middle East Jimmy Carter, at 100, Is Best Honored by Listening to His Advice About the Middle East

In interviews with The Nation over the years, the former president outlined an approach to foreign policy that respects Palestinian rights and charts a course toward peace.

Oct 1, 2024 / Q&A / John Nichols

Patrick Masengo Kalasa (middle) president of the political group Alliance de Forces Populaires de Katanga

What Happened to Patrick Masengo Kalasa? What Happened to Patrick Masengo Kalasa?

The longtime advocate for Katangese rights recently disappeared in the Democratic Republic of Congo. His friends fear for his life.

Oct 1, 2024 / Nicolas Niarchos

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