The war between Israel and Hamas is a classic “lose/lose” proposition: there can be no winners, with a range of outcomes that stretch from bad...
SPOTLIGHT: War is Not Healthy for Children and Other Living Things
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The crisis of democracy and governance
Pandemic Fallout: Unmasking Ethical Failures / Ruth Faden
Dr. Ruth Faden explains what happened during COVID and how we can do better. According to the WHO, the COVID pandemic killed almost seven million...
What’s Wrong with America? / Lars Trägårdh
The United States seems to be on the verge of some kind of Judgement Day. Extreme partisanship, a past (and future?) president facing seemingly...
CAN DEMOCRACY TOLERATE INTOLERANCE AND SURVIVE?
In an opinion poll of 19 mostly Western democracies conducted last year, almost half of respondents said they were dissatisfied with how democracy...
Should We Tolerate the Intolerant? / Elisabeth Braw
"If we extend unlimited tolerance even to those who are intolerant, if we are not prepared to defend a tolerant society against the onslaught of the...
What’s the Point of Freedom if You Don’t Do Something With It? / Shahidul Alam
Shahidul Alam is many things: world-class photographer, Bangladeshi human rights activist, teacher, and author. He is also a provocateur, whose...
The Trials of Donald Trump
Imagine a new blockbuster movie in which a former American president, running for re-election, is criminally indicted not once or twice, but four...
Trump Agonistes / Joon Kim
Donald Trump continues to make history: he is the only American president (serving or former) ever to have been criminally indicted. He already...
Masters Of War
Sudan is at war with itself. Since the 2019 uprising that booted Omar al-Bashir from office after thirty years, the country has experienced more...