Middle East

Battle of Chicago

Battle of Chicago Battle of Chicago

Mango Mussolini and Pee Wee German.

Oct 10, 2025 / Steve Brodner

Palestinians make their way along Al-Rashid road toward Gaza City from Nuseirat in the central Gaza Strip on October 10, 2025.

We Are Genocide Survivors. But Our War Is Far From Over. We Are Genocide Survivors. But Our War Is Far From Over.

We in Gaza will remember the martyrs—those who died teaching, reporting, healing, mothering, surviving. We will carry their memory like fire in our hearts. And we will begin again...

Oct 10, 2025 / Ali Skaik

One of the boats from the civilian Gaza-bound Freedom Flotilla Coalition and Thousand Madleens to Gaza, enters Ashdod Port in southern Israel, after being seized by Israeli Navy forces, Wednesday, Oct. 8, 2025.

Israel Just Attacked Another Flotilla. But the Movement Will Never Stop. Israel Just Attacked Another Flotilla. But the Movement Will Never Stop.

“We haven’t before, and we won’t let Israel’s violence and brutality deter us,” one participant told The Nation.

Oct 8, 2025 / Saliha Bayrak

President Donald Trump greets Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman during the Saudi-US investment forum at the King Abdul Aziz International Conference Center in Riyadh on May 13, 2025.

What’s Behind Saudi Arabia’s Surge in Executions? What’s Behind Saudi Arabia’s Surge in Executions?

Activists believe that authorities are abusing the justice system to silence dissent and chill speech.

Oct 8, 2025 / Ebtihal Mubarak

What Would Jesus Do?

What Would Jesus Do? What Would Jesus Do?

The Gaza crisis demands action from everyone.

Oct 7, 2025 / OppArt / Peter Kuper

A displaced Palestinian child waves a Palestinian national flag as he walks on the rubble of a destroyed building at the Bureij camp for refugees in the central Gaza Strip on September 22, 2025.

I’ve Endured Two Years of Genocide. But I’m Still Here. I’ve Endured Two Years of Genocide. But I’m Still Here.

The world before October 7, 2023, is a distant memory. But we carry on, fueled by the determination that this land will become a place of life once more.

Oct 7, 2025 / Taqwa Ahmed Al-Wawi

President Donald Trump shakes hands with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the State Dining Room of the White House following a press conference on September 29, 2025.

Trump and Netanyahu’s 20-Point Gaza Ultimatum Trump and Netanyahu’s 20-Point Gaza Ultimatum

The plan for Gaza does not promise an end to Israel‘s genocide—but does promise indefinite occupation.

Oct 3, 2025 / Phyllis Bennis

If the World Can’t Stop the Genocide Against Us, Let It at Least Carry Our Stories

If the World Can’t Stop the Genocide Against Us, Let It at Least Carry Our Stories If the World Can’t Stop the Genocide Against Us, Let It at Least Carry Our Stories

A journalist in Gaza debates whether to leave before his entire family is killed or stay so his people’s story is told.

Oct 3, 2025 / Mohammed al-Sawwaf

Comedian Bill Burr, recently domesticated by a Saudi regime he says is “just like us.”

The Sad Spectacle of American Comedians Selling Out in Saudi Arabia The Sad Spectacle of American Comedians Selling Out in Saudi Arabia

It turns out that edgy free-speech warriors will scuttle their principles for a check from a brutal autocratic regime.

Oct 2, 2025 / Ben Schwartz

Tony Blair takes part in a panel at Truman Brewery during SXSW London 2025 on June 2, 2025.

Keep Tony Blair’s Blood-Soaked Hands Away From Gaza at All Costs Keep Tony Blair’s Blood-Soaked Hands Away From Gaza at All Costs

He needs to be in The Hague, not in charge of the future of Palestine.

Oct 2, 2025 / Hamza Yusuf

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