The World’s First Conference to End Fossil Fuels Must Address Militarism, Too
April 23, 2026 | Fossil fuels and militarism are part of the same architecture of power. To combat climate change, governments must be willing to challenge both.
Articles by Bahey El-Din Hassan
The Clock Is Ticking: Invest in the Planet, Not the Pentagon
December 18, 2025 | At the 10 year anniversary of the Paris Agreement, U.S. climate commitments are being swallowed up by military spending.
Mass Deportations Would Be a Nightmare
August 14, 2024 | The popular GOP slogan would tear millions of families apart, including mine. It would also be a moral, logistical, and economic disaster.
Immigration Is Good. Our Immigration Policy Should Reflect That.
February 27, 2024 | Congress should scrap its doomed “border deal” and instead embrace the vitality that immigration brings.
Climate Is the Fight of Our Lifetime. Our Federal Budget Should Reflect That.
September 20, 2023 | More than half of discretionary spending goes to the military. Only a tiny fraction addresses the most urgent threat to our security.
Immigration Policy Doesn’t Have To Be This Way
March 20, 2023 | For 20 years, the Department of Homeland Security has made life a nightmare for millions — but Dreamers like me have seen that there’s another way.
Poets for Peace
December 14, 2009 | As the United States escalates the war in Afghanistan, poets speak out.
Poems Against the Regime
August 27, 2009 | Three Iranian-American poets write about protests, images, and a fallen demonstrator.
Haiku to the President
April 17, 2009 | Poets send their messages to the president, and keep them short.
The Prisoner as Message
September 1, 2002 | The United States' recent stance on the case of Saadeddin Ibrahim is the first time since the signing of the Camp David Accords 25 years ago that America has made its aid for Egypt conditional upon a human rights issue.