Russia says the U.S. is risking World War III. Are we willing to stake the future of humanity on our certainty that this is false?

In Myanmar, the Rohingya minority face brutal oppression. It's time for the world to stand up and demand their freedom.

Historian John Ghazvinian on the long pattern of tragic lost opportunities for mutual understanding and diplomacy.

Guantánamo stands out as one of the most extreme examples of how people’s lives can be totally ruined not because they actually did anything wrong, but because it was simply not politically advantageous for anyone to care what happened to them.

As aid to Gaza trickles to a slow, the US could be doing more to prevent mass death and suffering. But that would require standing up to Israel.

The government uses a shifting definition of ‘terrorism’ as a tool to stifle dissent and protect elite interests.

It’s frighteningly easy for those who want peace to blunder into a war. In the age of nuclear weapons, we need to understand how this happens so that we make sure we are not creating a catastrophe.

Israel knows that its assault on Gaza is inflicting mass civilian death and starvation but claims that these outcomes are not its ‘intention.’ But when you know the consequences of your actions, what difference do intentions make?