by John Whitehead — US foreign policy perfectly illustrates the saying that “the definition of insanity is doing the same thing again and again expecting a different result.”  The United States, together with Israel, launched a bombing campaign  against Iran on Saturday, February 28. The bombing reportedly struck an array of military and government-related sites across Iran, including the capital, Tehran. Iranian state media, citing the Red Crescent, have reported that more t

by Sarah Terzo — After the Dobbs  decision was leaked  in May 2022, many media outlets predicted that maternal deaths would rise as a result. More women, they said, would die in childbirth if abortion weren’t available. For example, an article in the Washington Post  said “researchers have estimated that maternal deaths could increase by up to 25 to 30 percent.”  Pro-choice authors Rebecca Little and Colleen Long, in their book I’m Sorry for My Loss: An Urgent Examination of

by Timothy Kirchoff — The term “heritage American” has come into use  in certain parts of the internet—in blogs, on X, and in hand-wringing commentary  from outlets like Politico . While definitions of the term vary, it seems to mean roughly “Americans who trace their presence in the country back to the colonial or Civil War era.” The term is endorsed by some as a celebration of the United States’ “national heritage and its culture.”  When I first heard the term “heritage Ame

by John Whitehead — While we can hope the Gaza ceasefire agreement brings an end to the war there, Israeli injustices and acts of violence against Palestinians are far from over. Gaza has understandably received the most attention recently, but abuses against Palestinians are also being perpetrated in the West Bank. Along with Gaza and East Jerusalem, the West Bank has been under varying degrees of Israeli control since 1967. Some parts of the West Bank are ruled by the Pales