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

by Samuel B. Parker — Today, we remember the 3,000 people who were killed in a national tragedy that changed us forever. Yesterday,...

by Sarah Terzo — On August 6, 1945, the United States became the only country ever to use nuclear weapons against another nation when our...

by Sarah Terzo — On August 6, 1945, the United States became the only country ever to use nuclear weapons in a war with the dropping of...

by Sarah Terzo — On August 6, 1945, the United States dropped a nuclear bomb on Hiroshima. Two hundred forty-seven thousand people, over...

The Hiroshima bombing through the eyes of a child

The war with Japan could have ended without it

by Lauren Pope — These resources help families of all backgrounds understand why nuclear disarmament matters for human dignity and the...

by John Whitehead — A new eruption of violence has been shaking the Middle East this week, as Israel has begun bombing Iran, and Iran has...

by Dr. William Tullius — In the follow-up to his now-classic After Virtue , the philosopher Alasdair MacIntyre posed a fundamental set of...

by John Whitehead — Although the Ukraine-Russia war and the Gaza war have dominated the news, other countries have been suffering violent...

by John Whitehead — The violence in the Middle East sparked on October 7, 2023, has now continued for a year and shows little sign of...

by John Whitehead — Although the war between Ukraine and Russia has dominated the news, other countries have been suffering through their...

by Jack Champagne — Cover photo by Evan Vucci for AP . — On the occasion of the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, Malcolm X...

by John Whitehead — The Gaza war continues to make itself felt in the United States, most notably in a wave of protests and...

by John Whitehead — More than seven months after the October 7 terrorist attacks, the Israeli war in Gaza grinds on, with no clear end in...

by Sean Wild — A group of more than 2,000 Swiss women have sued and won against the Swiss government for not taking enough precautions...

by John Whitehead — The International Court of Justice made a significant ruling on the Gaza war earlier this year. The ruling was in...