War and Peace

Oleksandr Ibrahimov, 56, a security guard working for 35 years at the House of Trade Unions, finds a sunflower growing amidst wreckage.

Ukraine’s War on Its Unions Ukraine’s War on Its Unions

Since the start of the war, the Ukrainian government has been cracking down harder on unions and workers’ rights. But slowly, the public mood is shifting.

Dec 9, 2025 / David Zauner

Sudan’s Endless War in Darfur and Beyond

Sudan’s Endless War in Darfur and Beyond Sudan’s Endless War in Darfur and Beyond

On this episode of American Prestige: Mat Nashed on the state of Sudan’s ongoing civil war.

Dec 9, 2025 / Podcast / Derek Davison and Daniel Bessner

My Search for Barbie’s Aryan Predecessor

My Search for Barbie’s Aryan Predecessor My Search for Barbie’s Aryan Predecessor

The original doll was not made by Mattel but by a business that perfected its practice making plaster casts of Hitler.

Dec 6, 2025 / Tarpley Hitt

 “I Am a Citizen”

 “I Am a Citizen”  “I Am a Citizen”

We are all Americans.

Dec 5, 2025 / Steve Brodner

People participate in the Queer Liberation March in New York City on June 29, 2025.

Why Palestine Matters So Much to Queer People Why Palestine Matters So Much to Queer People

Palestinian identity can “upend the whole world order, if done right, if spun right, if we activate it enough. And I think queerness is a very similar kind of identity.”

Dec 5, 2025 / Jad Salfiti

Young learners listen to an educator during the start of classes at Latin Patriarchate School inside the Holy Family Catholic Church compound sheltering displaced Palestinians in Gaza City, on December 3, 2025.

I’m a Teacher in Gaza. My Students Are Barely Hanging On. I’m a Teacher in Gaza. My Students Are Barely Hanging On.

Between grief, trauma, and years spent away from school, the children I teach are facing enormous challenges.

Dec 4, 2025 / Ghada Eyad

Pinochet pointing upward

Operation Condor: A Network of Transnational Repression 50 Years Later Operation Condor: A Network of Transnational Repression 50 Years Later

How Condor launched a wave of cross-border assassinations and disappearances in Latin America.

Dec 3, 2025 / Peter Kornbluh

US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth laughs during a cabinet meeting hosted by President Donald Trump on December 2, 2025.

Pete Hegseth Should Be Charged With Murder Pete Hegseth Should Be Charged With Murder

No matter how you look at the strikes on alleged “drug boats”—as acts of war or attacks on civilians—Hegseth has committed a crime and should be prosecuted.

Dec 3, 2025 / Elie Mystal

Khan Younis, Gaza, November 30, 2025.

The Gaza Genocide Has Not Ended. It Has Only Changed Its Form. The Gaza Genocide Has Not Ended. It Has Only Changed Its Form.

A real ceasefire would mean opening borders, rebuilding what was destroyed, and allowing life to return. But this is not happening.

Dec 2, 2025 / Hassan Abo Qamar

President Donald Trump speaks during the United Nations General Assembly at the United Nations headquarters on September 23, 2025, in New York City.

How Trump Is Using Claims of Antisemitism to End Free Speech How Trump Is Using Claims of Antisemitism to End Free Speech

Trump’s urge to suppress free speech may be about Israel today, but count on one thing: It will be about something else tomorrow.

Dec 1, 2025 / Mattea Kramer

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