Civil Unrest

A Measure of Justice at Last for Victor Jara

A Measure of Justice at Last for Victor Jara A Measure of Justice at Last for Victor Jara

World / December 21, 2023 A Measure of Justice at Last for Victor Jara Fifty years after the famed Chilean folksinger was murdered by Pinochet’s military, his alleged execution…

Dec 21, 2023 / Peter Kornbluh

Marciane Ndamukunze, 68, arrives in Kizemba displacement camp, after fleeing heavy fighting in Masisi territory. 4th December 2023, North Kivu Province, DRC

The Big Little War You’ve Probably Never Heard Of The Big Little War You’ve Probably Never Heard Of

The Democratic Republic of the Congo is holding elections. Civil war has displaced millions of the country’s citizens but garnered little attention internationally.

Dec 20, 2023 / Hugh Kinsella Cunningham and Nicolas Niarchos

A supermarket in Buenos Aires shows the extreme rise in prices due to inflation on December 15, 2023.

Argentina’s New President Swaps the Chain Saw for the Blender Argentina’s New President Swaps the Chain Saw for the Blender

As Javier Milei’s new free-market economic measures start to roll out, devaluation has already started to impact everyone in Argentina—especially the middle classes and the poor.

Dec 20, 2023 / Pablo Calvi

Israel Is Bombing Southern Gaza

Israel Is Bombing Southern Gaza Israel Is Bombing Southern Gaza

Civilians with no place left to move to are doomed.

Dec 13, 2023 / OppArt / Honey Goudard

Two children walk along a dirt road in front of a field of huts.

The Progressive Refugee Policy That Puts the West to Shame The Progressive Refugee Policy That Puts the West to Shame

Uganda’s role as a co-convenor of the Global Refugee Forum in Geneva this week should raise urgent questions about the interests behind its much-lauded open-door refugee policy.

Dec 12, 2023 / Natasha Hakimi Zapata

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends the funeral for Sgt. Maj. Gal Meir Eisenkot at the Herzliya cemetery on December 8, 2023.

Why Netanyahu Bolstered Hamas Why Netanyahu Bolstered Hamas

The Israeli prime minister followed a decades-old divide-and-rule strategy that fuels endless war.

Dec 11, 2023 / Jeet Heer

Security guards stand outside the BBC’s London headquarters, which pro-Palestine activists splashed with red paint in protest of the BBC's biased coverage of Israel’s attacks on Gaza.

“Let’s Wait Till Israel Says Something”: Why the Media Has Failed the Test of the War in Gaza “Let’s Wait Till Israel Says Something”: Why the Media Has Failed the Test of the War in Gaza

A dispatch from the front lines of the information war.

Dec 5, 2023 / Razia Iqbal

Humanitarian Aid

Humanitarian Aid Humanitarian Aid

Ceasefire in the Middle East has led to the release of hostages and allowed aid to reach Gaza civilians, who suffered from Israeli bombardment’s supply shortages.

Dec 4, 2023 / OppArt / Andrea Arroyo

A hand holds a poster of Gurpatwant Singh Pannun's face with an X over it

If Narendra Modi Is Running a Global Death Squad, He’ll Be Protected by the Kissinger Doctrine If Narendra Modi Is Running a Global Death Squad, He’ll Be Protected by the Kissinger Doctrine

Trying to murder American citizens on American soil is no big deal—so long as the foreign policy elite likes you.

Dec 1, 2023 / Jeet Heer

A peace walk in Cologne, Germany, on November 19, 2023.

The Lesson From This War: Peace Is a Public Health Issue The Lesson From This War: Peace Is a Public Health Issue

If public health is about human health and flourishing, then assault, torture, murder, and war are all our business.

Nov 30, 2023 / Gregg Gonsalves

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