Peace and Security
We Shouldn’t Have to Rely on the National Guard for Basic Services
Guard members have stepped up heroically during the pandemic. If we invested in more than just the military, maybe they wouldn’t have to.
Human Rights Groups Agree: Israel Is Practicing Apartheid
The U.S. gives Israel’s military $3.8 billion a year. According to a new Amnesty report, that money funds apartheid.
Banned Books Should Be Required Reading
The people who want to ban Maus or The 1619 Project are the ones who need to read them.
Why So Paranoid?
Russian aggression toward Ukraine is wrong, but at least in part it’s a reaction to a years-long military buildup on its borders.
Hypocritical Scolding Won’t Stop a Russian War on Ukraine
Peace cannot be found if the U.S. relies on the self-righteous assertion of principles that our government refuses to apply to itself.
Gitmo’s Shameful Twentieth Anniversary
President Biden must use his executive authority to close this sordid chapter in our nation’s history.
Martin Luther King, Jr., Internationalist
King looked beyond our borders — not only at injustice, but how people worked together to end it. It’s an example we need today.
Continuing King’s ‘Revolution of Values’
King spent his last birthday organizing poor people of all races against immoral spending priorities. We need that revolution today.
The Party of January 6
The coup attempt turned into a road map for the national GOP. Whether democracy survives is up to us.
The ‘Failed’ Coup
Did January 6 actually fail?
