The UN Calls It Genocide—Why Won’t the US? The UN Calls It Genocide—Why Won’t the US?
A new report condemns Myanmar’s military for its slaughter of the Rohingya.
Aug 30, 2018 / David Palumbo-Liu
Remembering Kofi Annan Remembering Kofi Annan
He consistently expressed a powerful concern for poverty and human rights—but he often succumbed to US power and domination.
Aug 21, 2018 / Phyllis Bennis
Keep Up the Fight to Defeat Brett Kavanaugh Keep Up the Fight to Defeat Brett Kavanaugh
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Aug 15, 2018 / no-paywall / NationAction
Montenegro and NATO’s Faustian Bargain Montenegro and NATO’s Faustian Bargain
Did Montenegro’s NATO accession increase the collective defense of the West or merely protect a corrupt regime?
Aug 10, 2018 / Gordon N. Bardos
Human Rights From the Bottom Up Human Rights From the Bottom Up
As the US abandons its global humanitarian commitments, activists reimagine them at the southern border.
Aug 8, 2018 / Joel Pruce
How Government Secrecy on Torture Has Stymied the 9/11 Terror Prosecution How Government Secrecy on Torture Has Stymied the 9/11 Terror Prosecution
This case is the last front in the long-running battle over the Bush-era torture regime.
Jul 19, 2018 / Lisa Hajjar
I Came as a Journalist to Ask Important Questions I Came as a Journalist to Ask Important Questions
If I hadn’t been forcibly ejected from the Trump-Putin press conference, here’s what I would have asked.
Jul 17, 2018 / Sam Husseini
I Was Robert Mueller’s Undergraduate Thesis Adviser—and What He Wrote Gives Some Hints About What He’ll Do as Special Counsel I Was Robert Mueller’s Undergraduate Thesis Adviser—and What He Wrote Gives Some Hints About What He’ll Do as Special Counsel
What makes Mueller’s thesis relevant for today is that the core of his inquiry is how a judge should interpret a legal document.
Jul 13, 2018 / Richard Falk
How Prohibiting Nuclear Weapons Changed the World How Prohibiting Nuclear Weapons Changed the World
A year after 122 nations adopted a nuclear-weapons ban, the treaty is showing results.
Jul 6, 2018 / Ray Acheson
Banned From Israel: A Q&A With Law Professor Katherine Franke Banned From Israel: A Q&A With Law Professor Katherine Franke
Franke was turned away at the Israeli border after appearing on an anonymous site targeting more than 2,000 critics of Israel.
Jun 8, 2018 / Q&A / Patricia J. Williams