Ongoing conflicts — including U.S. “counterterrorism” operations — combined with escalating poverty and repression could amplify the pandemic’s social cost.
Commentaries
Too many Americans belong to the cult of selfish individualism. In the COVID era, this has become a death cult.
Historically, our communities have failed to unite across borders to end racist state violence. That needs to change.
Trust is the fuel that makes global institutions run. And it looks as though we've passed Peak Trust.
Biden's notion that the U.S. deserves a special seat at the head of the international table is a dangerous anachronism.
With the money we spend on ICE and CBP, we could solar power nearly 35 million homes.
An outbreak of COVID-19 among U.S. service personnel on Okinawa may help anti-base protesters stop construction of the replacement facility at Henoko.
Just 10 percent of the Pentagon budget could end homelessness, increase our COVID testing 44 times over, or send a $2,300 check to every unemployed American.
Tanks and ships can’t save us from our greatest dangers, so let’s pay for the things that can.
Neither the law nor the facts support a conclusion that Saudi war crimes in Yemen are “isolated.”