On this International Day of Persons with Disabilities, much still needs to be done to implement the 2006 UN Disability Convention.
Pushing Forward with a Disability, Peace, and Security Agenda
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Human Rights
Americans Want a Ceasefire. It’s Our Politicians Who Are Out of Touch.
Our elected officials should listen to the two-thirds of Americans calling for a ceasefire in Gaza.
We Need to Hear More Palestinian Voices
The absence of Palestinians and their advocates from news coverage isn’t just unfair. As a Jewish American, I think it’s harmful.
Biden Faces Nigeria Crisis
U.S. security assistance and America’s complicity in the Nigerian government’s human rights violations fuel insurgencies and boost public support for them.
Both Israelis and Palestinians Are Victims of Israel’s Apartheid System
The answer to Hamas’s horrifying crimes isn’t to kill innocent Gazans — it’s to change the conditions from which this brutality sprang.
Ignoring Indian Fascism Will Lead to Blowback
It’s in the long-term self-interest of the U.S. to stop coddling the dangerous authoritarian government of India.
How Brute Violence Became Egypt’s Answer to Virtually Everything
Ten years ago, the country’s security forces killed over 800 protestors in broad daylight. Today, no critic is spared in the dictatorship, which receives ample U.S. military aid.
Believe It or Not, the G20 Agrees on (Some) Human Rights Issues
But the bloc will be a more credible voice if its members, from the U.S. to host India, confront their own major rights concerns.
Sending Cluster Munitions to Ukraine Is Morally Bankrupt
But there’s still hope for the global movement to ban these indiscriminate killers.
How Israel Occupied Itself
Israel’s crisis is not about democracy but occupation.