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Housing Is a Human Right

Housing Is a Human Right Housing Is a Human Right

Homelessness in America reached a record high, with more than 650,000 unhoused people, an increase of 12 percent from the year before.

Jan 1, 2024 / OppArt / Alfred González

People look at food prices at a private business in Havana on December 20, 2023. Cuba's economy will shrink by up to 2 percent this year, Finance Minister Alejandro Gil estimated on Wednesday, after acknowledging that the country will not be able to achieve the projected economic growth of 3 percent by 2023.

Cuba’s Humanitarian Crisis Cuba’s Humanitarian Crisis

US policy is exacerbating the growing crisis.

Jan 1, 2024 / William M. LeoGrande

Scarlett Letters

Scarlett Letters Scarlett Letters

Hellboy.

Dec 29, 2023 / Steve Brodner

The Healing Art of Illuminating Tragedy

The Healing Art of Illuminating Tragedy The Healing Art of Illuminating Tragedy

One of Palestine’s foremost artists paints his world.

Dec 29, 2023 / OppArt / Tayseer Barakat

A funeral ceremony is held for Palestine TV correspondent Mohammed Abu Hatab, who was killed along with his family members in an air strike on his home in Khan Yunis, Gaza, on November 3, 2023.

The Impossibility of Reporting the Story of Gaza The Impossibility of Reporting the Story of Gaza

The work of Gaza’s journalists has been essential these past months, but as the challenges of reporting continue to mount, the world is getting only a fraction of the story.

Dec 29, 2023 / Afnan Abu Yahia and Lila Hassan

Max Czollek reads at

Germany’s Theater of Memory: “Some People Already See the Flames. Others Don’t Even Smell the Smoke.” Germany’s Theater of Memory: “Some People Already See the Flames. Others Don’t Even Smell the Smoke.”

A conversation with Max Czollek about Germans, Jews, Muslims, migration, and the aftermath of October 7 and the war in Gaza.

Dec 29, 2023 / Q&A / Linda Mannheim

Former United Nations human rights chief and current head of an international commission of inquiry into alleged crimes committed during the latest conflict between Israel and the Islamist group Hamas in Gaza Navi Pillay presents her report on the opening day of the 50th session of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva on June 13, 2022.

Will Human Rights Survive? Will Human Rights Survive?

Seventy-five years ago, the UN adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Can we ensure its implementation today?

Dec 28, 2023 / Navi Pillay

Downtown Jakarta, 2006.

Norman Erikson Pasaribu’s Portrait of Gay Indonesia Norman Erikson Pasaribu’s Portrait of Gay Indonesia

In, Happy Stories, Mostly, a collection of short stories, the complexities of queer life in the Southeast Asian country come into focus.

Dec 28, 2023 / Books & the Arts / Bryony Lau

An Extinction Rebellion activist participates in an action to block traffic to the Port of Rotterdamn.

Extinction Rebellion Wants to Reclaim the Port of Rotterdam Extinction Rebellion Wants to Reclaim the Port of Rotterdam

The climate activists are putting pressure on Dutch officials to reduce emissions at Europe’s most polluting port.

Dec 28, 2023 / Anna Hiatt

Sailors observe the USS Nimitz and USS Ronald Reagan Carrier Strike Groups steam in formation as the Nimitz Carrier Strike Force.

Will the New Year Bring a War With China? Will the New Year Bring a War With China?

As the year comes to an end, top leaders in both Beijing and Washington have become ever more concerned that a major US-China crisis is near.

Dec 27, 2023 / Michael T. Klare

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