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Fakhri Abu Diab amid the rubble of his former home.

The Americans Stealing Palestinian Land The Americans Stealing Palestinian Land

As the West Bank gets carved up for illegal settlements, US real estate companies are eager to cash in.

Aug 26, 2025 / Carolina Sophia Pedrazzi

Democratic National Committee chair Ken Martin talks about the economy and immigration at Teresitas Restaurant in East Los Angeles on Wednesday, July 30, 2025.

Democrats Have a Gaza Problem. They Don’t Seem to Want to Fix It. Democrats Have a Gaza Problem. They Don’t Seem to Want to Fix It.

DNC chair Ken Martin is emblematic of the party elite’s decision to cling to the unacceptable status quo on Palestine and Israel—even at the risk of losing more elections.

Aug 22, 2025 / Evan Robins

Israeli military vehicles are positioned along the border with the Gaza Strip on August 21, 2025.

Israeli Soldiers Abused Me Before. I’m Terrified That They’ll Do It Again. Israeli Soldiers Abused Me Before. I’m Terrified That They’ll Do It Again.

Israel is invading Gaza City again. The trauma of what they did to me and my family during their last invasion haunts me every single day.

Aug 21, 2025 / Ali Skaik

Donald Trump meets with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in the Oval Office at the White House on August 18, 2025, in Washington, DC, for a bilateral meeting and later an expanded meeting with European leaders to discuss a peace deal between Russia and Ukraine.

The Ukraine Peace Process Is Moving Quite Fast The Ukraine Peace Process Is Moving Quite Fast

Here are the openings—and obstacles.

Aug 20, 2025 / Anatol Lieven

Art of the Deals

Art of the Deals Art of the Deals

Drafty in here.

Aug 19, 2025 / OppArt / Michael deAdder

Billy Wilder walks down a London street during the 1969 filming of The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes.

Billy Wilder’s Battle With the Past Billy Wilder’s Battle With the Past

How the fabled Hollywood director confronted survivor’s guilt, the legacies of the Holocaust, and the paradoxes of Zionism.

Aug 18, 2025 / Ben Schwartz

US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin leave at the conclusion of a press conference at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson on August 15, 2025, in Anchorage, Alaska.

Trump Won’t Deliver Peace to Ukraine—or Anywhere Else Trump Won’t Deliver Peace to Ukraine—or Anywhere Else

No one can trust the United States when a fickle man-child controls its foreign policy.

Aug 18, 2025 / Jeet Heer

Trump and Putin walk side-by-side silhouetted

Presidents Trump and Putin Must Seize the Moment in Alaska Presidents Trump and Putin Must Seize the Moment in Alaska

The war in Ukraine is a regional security and humanitarian tragedy, but regarding nuclear weapons, Washington and Moscow stand to benefit from working together.

Aug 15, 2025 / RootsAction and The American Committee for US-Russia Accord

The Bookstores Bridging Divides in Israel

The Bookstores Bridging Divides in Israel The Bookstores Bridging Divides in Israel

People of goodwill on either side of the horror find unity in the search for a good read.

Aug 15, 2025 / Feature / Eric Orner

Sikhs gather in London's Trafalgar Square on the 41st anniversary of the attack by Indian government forces on the Golden Temple in Amritsar. Many in attendance carried yellow Khalistan flags.

“It’s Homeland or Death”: The Separatist Movement Roiling the Indian World “It’s Homeland or Death”: The Separatist Movement Roiling the Indian World

Indian Sikhs across the globe want to form an independent breakaway state called Khalistan. The Indian government wants to crush them by any means necessary.

Aug 15, 2025 / Nevin Kallepalli

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