US Mayors for Peace Call for Dialogue in a Time of Nuclear Danger US Mayors for Peace Call for Dialogue in a Time of Nuclear Danger
“If you don’t think nuclear weapons are a local issue, just ask the mayors of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.”
Jul 5, 2024 / Quentin Hart
There Is No Universal Free Speech There Is No Universal Free Speech
PEN America hides behind the false universalism of free speech, but institutions always choose whom to protect.
Jul 5, 2024 / P.E. Moskowitz
We Should Pay Attention to the Ongoing Combat on the Red Sea We Should Pay Attention to the Ongoing Combat on the Red Sea
What we might call the Battle of the Tihamah has already lasted seven months and, surprisingly enough, given the opponents, its outcome remains in doubt.
Jul 5, 2024 / Juan Cole
Meet the Global Arms Sellers Meet the Global Arms Sellers
A dispatch from the largest weapons expo outside of Paris.
Jul 1, 2024 / Harrison Stetler
“I Heard a Machine Gun Being Loaded”: A Harrowing Escape From Gaza “I Heard a Machine Gun Being Loaded”: A Harrowing Escape From Gaza
I knew the journey might be dangerous. I never thought it would be this cruel.
Jul 1, 2024 / Mohammed R. Mhawish
10 Questions for the Candidates 10 Questions for the Candidates
On US foreign policy, the war in Ukraine, and US-Russia relations.
Jun 27, 2024 / James Carden and Katrina vanden Heuvel
Pride and Genocide Don’t Mix Pride and Genocide Don’t Mix
The St. Louis Pride parade is being sponsored by Boeing—even while its weapons are used to slaughter people in Gaza. What kind of a sick society are we living in?
Jun 27, 2024 / Sara Bannoura, Anya Liao, and Olivia Engel
Venture Capitalists Are Gunning for New Frontiers in Techno-War Venture Capitalists Are Gunning for New Frontiers in Techno-War
These corporate promoters of a new way of war view themselves as a new breed of patriots, ready and able to successfully confront the military challenges of the future.
Jun 26, 2024 / William D. Hartung
“They Didn’t Spare Anyone”: The Story of an Israeli Massacre in Gaza “They Didn’t Spare Anyone”: The Story of an Israeli Massacre in Gaza
In December, Israeli ground troops entered a Gaza apartment building filled with innocent people. Survivors told Al Jazeera that the soldiers left a “bloodbath” in their wake.
Jun 26, 2024 / Kavitha Chekuru and Laila Al-Arian
New Polling Shows Significant Ukrainian Support for Diplomacy to End the War New Polling Shows Significant Ukrainian Support for Diplomacy to End the War
There is more dissent from the Zelensky government’s war aims than may appear.
Jun 25, 2024 / Mark Episkopos