Peace / Security - OtherWords

50 Years Later, End the War on Drugs

Nixon’s War on Drugs turned out to be a war on people. President Biden should end it once and for all.

As Arizona’s push to revive Nazi-era gas executions shows, the death penalty is barbaric.

If Biden doesn’t lift Trump’s harsh restrictions on the island, it may well cause the next migration crisis.

With the Afghanistan War finally ending, we shouldn’t squander our “peace dividend” on costly weapons or military bloat.

My Jewish upbringing taught me to stand with the persecuted and the vulnerable. Today, that means the Palestinians.

We can’t say we support justice and human rights in this country while supporting violence and expulsion abroad.

U.S. support for Israel poses a challenge the Biden administration’s promise to center human rights in foreign policy.

What’s the answer to declining births, labor shortages, and spending shortfalls? Immigration. Just ask Germany.

As an Indian American, my family has experienced the worst of this pandemic in two countries. For any of us to be safe, we all need vaccine equity.

The standard, often unreliable reporting on police killings dehumanizes victims — a fact my own family knows too well.