Since Sandy Hook, there have been nearly 100 school shootings. How many more Pakistani children need to die?
Will the Taliban Attack on a Peshawar School Generate More Reform Than the Newtown School Shooting?
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War & Peace
Okinawa: The Small Island Trying to Block the U.S. Military’s “Pivot to Asia”
Last month, the citizens of Okinawa awarded a landslide victory to a governor who wants U.S. troops off the pristine island.
What the U.S. Should Learn from Russia’s Collapse
For U.S. communities dependent on the same industries that have brought Russia to its knees, the time to start planning an economic transition is now.
The Games of Our Lives
Can video games crowdsource more democratic solutions to the world’s problems?
A Tale of Two Girls Victimized by the West: Malala and Nabeela
Malala Yousafzai has been used as a propaganda tool, while Nabeela Rahman lost her family to a drone strike.
China Has a Vested Interest in the Defeat of the Islamic State
China appears to be aiding Iraq its fight against the Islamic State.
Nuclear Victims, Past and Prospective, Fight Back at Third Conference on Humanitarian Impact of Nuclear Weapons
The third Conference on the Humanitarian Impact of Nuclear Weapons was, in effect, a testimonial to the suffering of women, children, and other civilians at the hands of militaristic men.
Rationalizing the Nuclear Weapons Have and Have-Nots Regime
At one time non-nuclear weapons states were expected to accept nukes possessed by nuclear weapons states as a “temporary trust.”
Pity Poor Michael Hayden
Former CIA Director Michael Hayden acts as if he were the real victim of the CIA’s torture program.
Latin America’s Lesson for the U.S.: Prosecute the Torturers
Latin America’s transition out of dictatorship hinged on two words the U.S. would be wise to heed: “Never again.”