Peace / Security - OtherWords

Criticizing Israel Isn’t Anti-Semitic. Here’s What Is.

Pro-Israel politicians don’t speak for young Jews like me. They shouldn’t pretend to.

No one wants a nuclear war, ever. Why don’t we have a policy against starting one?

Jussie Smollett may have lied, but real hate crimes and harassment are on the rise. I’ve lived through it myself.

I treated wounded GIs from Vietnam. I saw carnage that seldom makes its way into harrowing war stories like “They Shall Not Grow Old.”

For decades the U.S. has tried to stop drug traffic and made the problem worse. We should treat the root causes of addiction instead.

Undocumented workers everywhere. And they’re… working!

Communities like mine, in small-town Michigan, are told to blame immigrants when unchecked capitalism hurts us. We don’t buy it.

Thanks to Trump blowing up the INF treaty, bomb makers are free at last.

Do we think people who armed death squads and started wars really want to “bring democracy” to Venezuela?

Trump’s attacking service members to provoke the left, throw red meat to his base, and distract the rest from things like the shutdown.