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In Ukraine, Weaving Grief Into a New Collective Memory In Ukraine, Weaving Grief Into a New Collective Memory

After four years of war, Ukrainians are reckoning with irreparable loss and finding ways to persist in the face of it.

Mar 20, 2026 / Alyssa Oursler

The Devastation Has Not Stopped

The Devastation Has Not Stopped The Devastation Has Not Stopped

Not in the headlines, but Palestinians continue to suffer.

Mar 19, 2026 / OppArt / Subterráneos Collective

Activists place signs featuring AI robot dogs on the grounds of the National Mall to protest OpenAI’s decision to allow the Pentagon to use its AI technologies in developing autonomous weapons, on March, 6, 2026.

AI Goes to War AI Goes to War

Automated targeting, autonomous weapons, and nuclear decision-making.

Mar 19, 2026 / Michael T. Klare

People clear rubble away from a Tehran apartment bombed in the US/Israel war on Iran.

Getting Iran Wrong, to the Nth Power Getting Iran Wrong, to the Nth Power

Trump’s unhinged war in Iran is but an escalation of our willful misapprehension of the country’s history and makeup.

Mar 19, 2026 / David Faris

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio sits down for an interview with Bloomberg Television during the Munich Security Conference in Munich, Germany, on February 14, 2026.

Trump’s National Security Strategy Is a Blueprint for White Nationalism Trump’s National Security Strategy Is a Blueprint for White Nationalism

Trump’s foreign policy reasoning mirrors the crackpot logic of a runaway authoritarian.

Mar 19, 2026 / Juan Cole

Woman, Life, Freedom

Woman, Life, Freedom Woman, Life, Freedom

Women’s history month: standing with Iranian women — street mural, Barcelona.

Mar 18, 2026 / OppArt / Anonymous and Andrea Arroyo

A plume of smoke rises following a reported explosion in Tehran on February 28, 2026.

The Iran War Is America’s Own Suez Crisis The Iran War Is America’s Own Suez Crisis

The recent US military assault on Iran looks like past desperate bids to reclaim fading imperial glory.

Mar 18, 2026 / Alfred McCoy

Topple the Regime!

Topple the Regime! Topple the Regime!

Trump’s Iran war splinters his base.

Mar 17, 2026 / OppArt / Anthony Freda

Russ Feingold’s New Mission: Preserving Nature to Save the Planet

Russ Feingold’s New Mission: Preserving Nature to Save the Planet Russ Feingold’s New Mission: Preserving Nature to Save the Planet

The former senator has given up campaigning for office to campaign for the natural world.

Mar 17, 2026 / Feature / John Nichols

France’s President Emmanuel Macron delivers a speech next to the nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine “Le Téméraire” during his visit to the Nuclear Submarine Navy Base of Ile Longue in Crozon, northwestern France, on March 2, 2026.

Is Macron Greenlighting a New US-Led Nuclear Arms Race? Is Macron Greenlighting a New US-Led Nuclear Arms Race?

As the global arms control regime collapses, France plans to expand and Europeanize its nuclear arsenal.

Mar 17, 2026 / Harrison Stetler

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