War and Peace

Palestinian children receive treatment at es-Seraya Sahra Hospital in Gaza on November 9, 2025.

The American Academy of Pediatrics Punished Me for Speaking Up About Gaza The American Academy of Pediatrics Punished Me for Speaking Up About Gaza

The AAP has shown sustained moral failure when it comes to confronting the genocide—as I know firsthand.

Apr 27, 2026 / Nathan T. Chomilo

Donald Trump and Pete Hegseth on March 23, 2026.

Trump and Hegseth Are Winning the War Against Their Own Military Trump and Hegseth Are Winning the War Against Their Own Military

The president and the defense secretary are being humiliated abroad, so they’re purging scapegoats at home.

Apr 24, 2026 / Jeet Heer

A demonstrator from the Iranian diaspora rallies near the White House in Washington, DC, US, on Saturday, March 7, 2026.

The Iranian Diaspora Is Fracturing Over Trump’s War The Iranian Diaspora Is Fracturing Over Trump’s War

Friendships have ruptured. Families have bitterly split around the kitchen table. Violent speech has become the dominant mode of discourse.

Apr 20, 2026 / Keyvan Golsorkhi

Only One Side Has Clearly Broken the Law In the Strait of Hormuz

Only One Side Has Clearly Broken the Law In the Strait of Hormuz Only One Side Has Clearly Broken the Law In the Strait of Hormuz

And it isn’t Iran.

Apr 17, 2026 / Maryam Jamshidi

Alex Karp, CEO of Palantir

Alex Karp, CEO of Palantir Alex Karp, CEO of Palantir

His tech company aids ICE, and killings in Gaza and Iran.

Apr 17, 2026 / OppArt / Peter Kuper

Lessons of the Bay of Pigs

Lessons of the Bay of Pigs Lessons of the Bay of Pigs

The infamous paramilitary assault remains a cautionary Cold War history.

Apr 17, 2026 / Peter Kornbluh

A billboard in Tehran asserts that despite the threats of President Donald Trump, Iran will retain control over the Strait of Hormuz.

The Blockheaded Thinking Behind Trump’s Plan for a Hormuz Blockade The Blockheaded Thinking Behind Trump’s Plan for a Hormuz Blockade

The president’s latest proposal to force Iran to negotiate an end to his feckless war somehow makes less sense than all the other ones.

Apr 16, 2026 / David Faris

Ali Abbud, who lost three family members in simultaneous Israeli airstrikes on Lebanon on April 8, takes part in the search and rescue operations in hopes that his sister Zehra will be rescued from the rubble of a building hit in Beirut, Lebanon on April 12, 2026.

In Lebanon, Grief Is Everywhere. But So Is Our Defiance. In Lebanon, Grief Is Everywhere. But So Is Our Defiance.

We are reeling from Israel’s massacres. But people are tirelessly organizing on the ground, and are not giving up.

Apr 15, 2026 / Christina Cavalcanti

Red Carpet to Doomsday

Red Carpet to Doomsday Red Carpet to Doomsday

Bombs over Iran.

Apr 15, 2026 / OppArt / Michel Moro Gómez

Cholera infected patients receive treatment in the cholera isolation centre at the refugee camps of western Sudan, in Tawila city in Darfur.

At 3 Years of War, North Darfur Is an Open Graveyard At 3 Years of War, North Darfur Is an Open Graveyard

As Rapid Support Forces cut off the flow of resources to western Sudan, hunger, cholera, and violence abound.

Apr 15, 2026 / StudentNation / Jaanu Ramesh

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