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Voices of Conscience in Israel

Why do patriotic members of an elite combat unit refuse to serve in the occupied territories?

Eyal Press

A Brief History of Drones
With the invention of drones, we crossed into a new frontier: killing that’s risk-free, remote, and detached from human cues.
John Sifton
Posted 02/13/2012
On Power and Russia's Protests
The prosperous, urban middle-class—those who benefit from the government’s policies—have revolted against it. If even they don’t support the existing order, what future does it have?
Boris Kagarlitsky
Posted 02/13/2012
Why Did an Asylum Seeker to the US End Up in a Liberian Prison?
The US policy of criminalizing undocumented immigrants has led innocent deportees to be jailed and maligned in their home countries.
Deepa Fernandes
Abdulai Bah
Posted 02/13/2012

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'The Elders' Take a Stand Against Child Marriage (Gender and Sexuality, World)

These ten leaders are using their wealth of knowledge to attack a root cause of social dysfunction.
 

Barbara Crossette
A protester in Tahrir Square
Tahrir One Year Later: The Fight for Egypt's Future (World)

The Supreme Council of the Armed Forces has replaced Hosni Mubarak as the force that rules Egypt with an iron fist. As January 25 approaches, the revolution is not over.

Sharif Abdel Kouddous
Grassroots Democracy in Venezuela (Activism, World)

One town’s participatory budget has attracted activists and officials from around the world.

Gabriel Hetland
America's Double Standards for Iran (Foreign Policy, War and Peace, Nuclear Arms and Proliferation)

What if the role of the new US special operations team at work near Iran were reversed?

Tom Engelhardt
Confessions of a Recovering Weapons Addict (War and Peace, US Weapons Sales Abroad, Economy)

Weapons manufacturing in America is still going strong, even if the wisdom or morality of arms deals is rarely discussed.

William J. Astore

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