Where the old institutions have failed, insurgent global citizens must now defend the climate directly and preserve the public trust for generations to come.
A Nonviolent Insurgency for Climate Protection
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Middle East & North Africa
The Human Rights Project: Determined by the Needs of the Powerful
Human Rights Day is an ideal time to acknowledge that what is presented as a pure human rights project is, for oppressed peoples, actually sullied by politics.
Yemen: Chaos, Conflict, and Revolution
Few in the West know that Yemen is not just the only state in the Arabian Peninsula with a republican form of government, but it was the first to grant voting rights to women.
America, Genocide, and the “National Interest”
It’s time for the United States to examine how its own foreign policy promotes genocide, and take the actions necessary to curb it.
Is Iran Granted the Right to Enrich Uranium by the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty or Isn’t It?
Those who seek to deny Iran the right to uranium enrichment attempt to twist the NPT to their own ends.
Can Marvel Comics’s Latest Superhero Strike a Blow Against Islamophobia?
Marvel may just be tapping into the Islamic market with its latest superhero, Kamala, but she can’t but help but undermine Islamophobia.
A Few Things Israel’s Government and Citizens Should Know
Israel’s well-being depends on the good will of a shrinking number of countries, whose patience with Israel is running out.
Iran-U.S. Nuclear Deal Signals a Gorbachev Moment for Rouhani
Is Iran President Hassan Rouhani trying to open up Iran like Mikhail Gorbachev did Russia?
Two Women, Catherine Ashton and Wendy Sherman, Key Shapers of Iran Deal
Catherine Ashton and Wendy Sherman navigated through the diplomatic shoals of the Iran nuclear deal.
Iranian Nuclear Deal: Hardliners Despair, Pragmatists Rejoice
The six-month interim agreement between Iran and the P5+1 powers will echo through the decades if it can bring Washington and Tehran in from the cold.