World

Migrant caravan from Honduras

Caravan Migrants Carry Hopes Northward as Their Journey Resumes Caravan Migrants Carry Hopes Northward as Their Journey Resumes

Fleeing poverty and violence, three young men from Honduras join thousands who dream of better lives in the United States.

Nov 14, 2018 / Madeleine Wattenbarger

border troops string barbed wire

Sending the US Army to the Border Creates ‘a War Atmosphere’ Sending the US Army to the Border Creates ‘a War Atmosphere’

Troops will deliver anti-riot equipment to Customs and Border Protection officers, further blurring the line between military and civilian law enforcement.

Nov 14, 2018 / Ryan Harvey

Central Park Nuclear Protest

The Peace Movement Won the INF Treaty. We Must Fight to Preserve It. The Peace Movement Won the INF Treaty. We Must Fight to Preserve It.

In the 1980s, millions of antinuclear activists took to the streets, forcing Western governments to respond to our demands. We can do the same now.

Nov 14, 2018 / David Cortright

Drought

Welcome to the Life-or-Death Escape Room Welcome to the Life-or-Death Escape Room

It’s called climate change, and we’re running out of time to solve it.

Nov 13, 2018 / John Feffer

Afghanistan helicopter takes off

Long Ago, I Hurt Families Like My Own Long Ago, I Hurt Families Like My Own

Afghanistan is 7,000 miles away, but there are moments when it feels like I never left.

Nov 13, 2018 / Rory Fanning

4 Years After the Forced Disappearance of 43 Students, a Father Is Still Looking

4 Years After the Forced Disappearance of 43 Students, a Father Is Still Looking 4 Years After the Forced Disappearance of 43 Students, a Father Is Still Looking

The disappearance of the 43 students from Ayotzinapa is not over for Jorge Antonio Tizapa Legideño.

Nov 12, 2018 / StudentNation / John Washington

Bolsonaro University Protest

Education Is in the Crosshairs in Bolsonaro’s Brazil Education Is in the Crosshairs in Bolsonaro’s Brazil

The president-elect seeks to ban from the classroom political opinions, debates, and any issues that could be construed as leftist.

Nov 12, 2018 / StudentNation / Michael Fox

US soldier Mosul

Why Liberal Hegemony? Why Liberal Hegemony?

Three new books make the case against a failed grand strategy.

Nov 12, 2018 / James Carden

Barbara Harrell-Bond

Remembering Barbara Harrell-Bond, a Fierce Advocate for Refugees Remembering Barbara Harrell-Bond, a Fierce Advocate for Refugees

She was a human bulldozer, an activist and scholar who believed that researchers must not remain impassive in the face of human-rights violations.

Nov 12, 2018 / Negar Azimi

Secure Consumption Space

Switzerland’s Experiment With Addiction Treatment Switzerland’s Experiment With Addiction Treatment

Prescribed heroin cuts crime and saves lives.

Nov 9, 2018 / Cédric Gouverneur

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