The poem of the week from our friends at Split This Rock.
Poem: Ars Poetica
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War & Peace
Surging Violence Against Women in Iraq
Being a woman in Iraq was difficult before the current conflict. The current wave of militarization threatens to make life even worse.
Enough Undeclared Plutonium to Make 80 Nuclear Bombs? No Problem — if You’re Not Iran
What country failed to reveal a massive amount of plutonium to the International Atomic Energy Agency?
Disrupting Hillary
What would it take for Hillary Clinton to reconsider her knee-jerk American exceptionalism?
The Two Faces of ISIS: Summary Executions and Planting Flowers
The march of the Islamic State in Iraq and al-Sham is marked by both savagery and the provision of social services.
Why Repression Continues in Honduras
Military repression in Honduras is a direct legacy of U.S. meddling in the country.
Seeking Justice—Or at Least the Truth—for “Comfort Women”
A growing global movement is ensuring that if the Japanese government won’t hold itself to account for its crimes against women, then history will.
Soldiers Suffered From PTSD in the Middle Ages, Too
After the Norman Conquest, bishops devised an ingenious way to deal with the component of PTSD known as moral injury.
Don’t Go Back to Iraq!
Five steps the U.S. can take in Iraq without going back to war.
The Pentagon Budget Is Shrinking. Invest in Transition!
The House has voted to drastically cut programs that help military-dependent communities transition to a peace economy.