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Why we need a ceasefire to save lives, release the hostages, prosecute war crimes, and follow international law: a guide for those still uneasy, unconvinced, or uncertain.

The Puerto Rican Independence Party’s (PIP) latest assembly marks a turning point in electoral strategy and a challenge to the colonial paradigms that have long held the archipelago hostage.

Crowdfunding site IsraelGives allows US residents to donate millions to paramilitary groups, IDF units and settlers

There is a widely held belief, especially among white people, that social welfare programs primarily benefit African Americans. Yet, in virtually all U.S. social support programs, whites are the largest demographic group of recipients.

2023 was the year governments looked at the climate crisis – and decided to persecute the activists. But around the world, the people fighting for the survival of our planet.

Recent immigrants are housed in tents at Floyd Bennett Field in New York City. “The tents are not safe for children in any weather, and families should never have been placed at this site,” said a staff attorney at the Legal Aid Society.

There is no guarantee that fascism will not triumph, but it will certainly win unless we put ourselves, body and soul, fully and smartly, on the line to stop it

In Ukraine, Biden has spent two years articulating a stirring argument for a rules-based order. In Israel, he set about burning that argument to the ground. Is a morally consistent foreign policy possible?

Gary Younge on Race, Racism and Identity. Lock Him Away | Roy Zimmerman. Visual Evidence Shows Israel Dropped Bombs Where It Ordered Gaza Civilians to Go. The Confederate President Wasn't Tried, But Should Have Been. Elon Musk | John Oliver.

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