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People in Need of a Safe Haven: The Struggle to Help Afghan Refugees
by John Whitehead — The Afghan people are suffering today from both the Taliban’s repressive rule and international economic penalties...
Oct 31, 20233 min read


Israel and Palestine: An Urgent Need to Rehumanize
by Sophie Trist — Hamas’s recent attack on Israel, which left over a thousand unarmed civilians dead, is unquestionably a heinous,...
Oct 20, 20236 min read


A War That No One Will Win: The Violence in Israel and Palestine
By John Whitehead — The Israeli-Palestinian conflict has erupted into a terrible new wave of violence. To date, thousands of people,...
Oct 13, 20233 min read


Lifting a Terrible Burden: The Need to End Sanctions on Afghanistan
by John Whitehead — More than two years after the Taliban’s takeover of Afghanistan, the Afghan people’s situation remains dire. The...
Sep 28, 20233 min read


The Niger Crisis: A Coup That Could Turn Into a War
by John Whitehead — Niger was thrown into a crisis this summer when the country’s military overthrew its democratically elected president...
Sep 16, 20233 min read


The Massacre at No Gun Ri: Korea’s Little-known, Seldom-acknowledged Mỹ Lai
by Samuel B. Parker — As war ravaged the Korean peninsula in the waning days of July and the early days of August 1950, an event —...
Aug 23, 20235 min read


A Nightmare for Humanity: The Terrifying Story of Oppenheimer
by John Whitehead — The life and career of J. Robert Oppenheimer was tailor-made for dramatization. A brilliant theoretical physicist who...
Aug 13, 20233 min read


A Thousand Paper Cranes
by Aimee Murphy — Today, my friend Sarah is going to do a silent demonstration of folding a paper crane, in honor of all those lost at...
Aug 13, 20233 min read


Biden’s Reversal on Cluster Bombs is Illegal and Inhumane
by Samuel B. Parker — On Friday, July 7th, as the war in Ukraine neared its 500th day, the U.S. Department of Defense announced that the...
Jul 24, 20233 min read


The Danger of Russian Instability: The Wagner Group Uprising and Its Significance
by John Whitehead — The brief uprising in Russia by members of the Wagner Group private security force this past weekend was a warning....
Jun 27, 20233 min read


Overlooked Conflicts: Sudan on the Brink
by John Whitehead — Although the war between Ukraine and Russia has dominated the news, other countries have been suffering through their...
Jun 21, 20235 min read


The Extreme Danger Posed by Military Artificial Intelligence
by Joseph Buonanno — What if there was a military AI system so powerful that it could read every detail of a battlefield, knew the entire...
Jun 14, 20234 min read


A Mission That Has Gone On for Too Long: The US Military Presence in Syria
by John Whitehead — A US contractor was killed by a drone attack in northeastern Syria earlier this spring. The drone, which US officials...
May 12, 20233 min read


Stepping Back from the Brink: In Support of H. Res. 77
by Sean Wild — Representative Jim McGovern of Massachusetts and Representative Earl Blumenauer of Oregon introduced H. Res. 77 into the...
Apr 21, 20233 min read


Overlooked Conflicts: Anarchy and Agony in Haiti
by John Whitehead — Although the war between Ukraine and Russia has dominated the news, other countries have been suffering through their...
Apr 15, 20235 min read


A Look at Ron DeSantis’s Time at Guantanamo Bay
by Sean Wild — As he rises onto the national stage, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis continues to be a polarizing political figure. With the...
Apr 11, 20234 min read


Predictably Tragic, Tragically Predictable: The Needless War in Ukraine Drags into Its Second Year
by Samuel B. Parker — “A word of command has made these silent figures our enemies; a word of command might transform them into our...
Mar 10, 20233 min read


Americans: On March 1st, Tell Your Representatives to End US Support for Saudi Crimes Against Yemen
by Samuel B. Parker — A humanitarian crisis is ravaging Yemen and, despite numerous promises, U.S. politicians — including President...
Feb 28, 20234 min read


Killing by AI: The Growing Threat of Automated Weaponry
by John Whitehead — The Ukraine-Russia war has highlighted a relatively subtle but deeply disturbing trend in warfare: a growing reliance...
Feb 27, 20233 min read


The NFL and Pentagon's Continued Exploitation of Pat Tillman is Disgraceful
by Samuel B. Parker — Before the Super Bowl on February 12th, the NFL ran a brief segment on Pat Tillman, a former linebacker who quit a...
Feb 16, 20234 min read
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