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Wimbledon Drops the Ball: Excluding Russians from International Athletics is Unethical Hypocrisy
by Samuel B. Parker — On April 18th, organizers of the Boston Marathon followed through on their resolution to prohibit Russian and...
May 11, 20223 min read


Mariupol, Kunduz, and the Neglected Legacy of U.S. War Crimes
by Samuel B. Parker — Earlier this month, the Russian Air Force executed an airstrike against a pediatric hospital and maternity ward in...
Apr 1, 20223 min read


A People in Agony: How the United States Continues to Fuel the Yemen War
by John Whitehead — A war between Yemen and the nearby states of Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has been going on for...
Mar 24, 20226 min read


Two Wrongs Don't Make a Right: Constructively Discussing Race in the Russo-Ukrainian War
by Sophie Trist — Around ten P.M. on the night of February 23, a breaking news alert on my phone told me that Russia had just launched a...
Mar 21, 20223 min read


Opposing War amid Repression: Anti-War Efforts in Russia
by John Whitehead — The Russian invasion of Ukraine has rightly provoked widespread condemnation. Perhaps the most important source of...
Mar 14, 20223 min read


U.S. Policies Continue to Harm Innocent Afghan Civilians Even After Armed Forces Withdrawal
by Samuel B. Parker — Six months ago, the U.S. military began an overdue yet chaotic process of withdrawing from Afghanistan. The United...
Mar 4, 20224 min read


The Russo-Ukrainian War and the Nuclear Threat: How Did We Get Here, and What Do We Do Now?
by Samuel B. Parker — On February 24th, Russian forces invaded Ukraine and initiated the first major conventional war on the European...
Mar 1, 20224 min read


Help War’s Victims: End the Economic Punishment of Afghanistan
by John Whitehead — Having already endured decades of civil war, Afghanistan’s people now face economic collapse and abysmal poverty. The...
Feb 21, 20224 min read


A Defense Against Threats or a Cause of Them? The United States’ Global Military Presence
by John Whitehead — The United States’ military presence extends across the earth. U.S. military personnel are located in hundreds of...
Feb 17, 20223 min read


Military Escalation in Ukraine and the Need for Diplomacy
by Rana Irby — American troop numbers are building up in Eastern Europe as tensions between Russia and Ukraine intensify. Over the past...
Feb 12, 20222 min read


A "New Paradigm": The Stunning History of Human Rights Violations at Guantánamo Bay
by Samuel B. Parker — On January 11th, 2002, twenty inmates arrived at the Guantánamo Bay detention camp, becoming the first individuals...
Jan 10, 202210 min read


Staving Off War: The Russia, Ukraine, and NATO Stand-Off
by John Whitehead — The long-simmering conflict between Ukraine and Russia now threatens to become open war. Russian military forces...
Jan 1, 20224 min read


Checking the Nuclear Threat: The Opportunity of the Nuclear Posture Review
by John Whitehead — The Biden administration is currently re-evaluating the United States’ nuclear strategy. This re-evaluation offers an...
Dec 21, 20214 min read


The Temptation to Escalate: Responding to China’s Hypersonic Weapon Test
by John Whitehead — U.S.-China tensions increased this fall with U.S. officials’ announcement that China had tested a “hypersonic weapon”...
Dec 8, 20213 min read


Guns in Schools in 2021
by Stephanie Hauer — There was a fight at Timberview High School on Wednesday, October 6. That morning, a conflict broke out among some...
Oct 26, 20213 min read


The Forgotten War: The Libyan War and Its Legacy
by John Whitehead — Of the 21st century wars waged by the United States, the Libya War is perhaps the most forgotten one. The 2011 war...
Oct 18, 20214 min read


After Latest Pentagon Admission, Are We Not Also Terrorists?
by Samuel B. Parker — On August 29th, as the U.S. military was completing an overdue yet abrupt withdrawal from the nation of...
Sep 29, 20213 min read


Report Cites Fraud and Abuse by Post-9/11 Military Contractors
by Judith Evans — The post-9/11 era has seen a dramatic increase in Pentagon spending, with up to half of those funds going to private...
Sep 27, 20215 min read


“Do You Remember 9/11?”
by Katherine Noble — I’ve been in the workplace since I was sixteen, and to this day I am usually the youngest person at my job, be it...
Sep 16, 20213 min read


A Mistake from the Beginning: Looking Back on the Afghanistan War
by John Whitehead — The longest war in American history ended this August as U.S. troops left Afghanistan. What the U.S. withdrawal will...
Sep 13, 20212 min read
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