We need an independent investigation of the brutal U.S. attack on a Doctors Without Borders hospital in Afghanistan, which killed 42 people.
The Pentagon Shouldn’t Get to Absolve Itself for Bombing a Hospital
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Middle East & North Africa
RE/MAX: First In Global Home Sales — Including West Bank Settlements
RE/MAX’s international office claims it has no jurisdiction over the activities of its Israeli franchises.
The Islamic State Is to Islam as Moonshine Is to Whisky
The Islamic State, like 150% proof moonshine, is pure, but deadly.
Big Money in Politics Doesn’t Just Drive Inequality. It Drives War.
Military contractors have shelled out over $1 million to the 2016 presidential candidates — including over $200,000 to Hillary Clinton alone.
It Doesn’t Require Much for a Nuclear Ban Treaty to Be Successful
A nuclear ban treaty is a small, but important, step towards nuclear disarmament.
Islamic State Sows Seeds of Its Destruction
Inviting blowback and decimating your tax base are not how to build a caliphate.
The Pentagon’s Twisted Potlatch
The logic of military spending leads countries to effectively destroy their own property and burn down their own villages.
Bureaucracy of Death May Prove Assad’s Downfall
As with other totalitarian regimes, obsessive record-keeping may come back to haunt the Syrian regime of Bashar al-Assad.
Obama: The Conflict Resolution President?
In minimizing U.S. resort to violence, President Obama has brought conflict resolution to the Oval Office.
Bad as the Islamic State Is, Assad Is Worse
The violence of the Assad regime in Syria resembles that of another regime which shall remain nameless.