Peace and Security
Are U.S.-Saudi Relations Finally Souring?
Congress recently passed the Justice Against Sponsors of Terrorism Act (JASTA) allowing families of victims of the September 11, 2001 attacks to sue other governments, including Saudi Arabia, for possible damages. Despite threats by the Saudi government to sell...
War Victims Sue
The True Threat
Union-Made Miracle on the Hudson
In their ongoing, all-out assault to crush labor unions, corporate forces have fabricated a cultural myth to undermine popular support for labor: Unions, they insist, are no longer needed. They tell us that in today's entrepreneurial economy, workers must compete with...
Left to Die in the Streets
As eighteen-year-old Paul O’Neal lay facedown with a pool of blood collecting at the back of his t-shirt, police officers gathered around. None of the officers attempted to administer first aid. None attempted to call for medical assistance. None evidenced even the...
U.S. Weapons Sales Are Drenched in Yemeni Blood
When Pope Francis visited the U.S. Congress in September 2015, he boldly posed a moral challenge to his American hosts, asking: "Why are deadly weapons being sold to those who plan to inflict untold suffering on individuals and society?" "Sadly, the answer, as we all...
The Whole World in Trump’s Tiny Hands
Trump Buddies Up to Putin
Please, people — stop denigrating Donald Trump as a foreign policy ignoramus. After all, he's a global real estate tycoon with special insights into U.S. adversaries, like Vladimir Putin of Russia. "I got to know him very well," The Donald has assured us voters. Only,...
My Mother, Stopped for Driving While Black
When the police pulled their guns on my mother, I reached for my phone and told her to be calm and do as they say. My parents and I had just been swarmed by police cars, sirens blaring, as we drove on I-64 through Virginia. Shock and fear consumed my family as we came...
The Sacrifice Muslim Soldier Khan Shouldn’t Have Had To Make
It was impossible not to be moved as Khizr and Ghazala Khan, two Muslim immigrants from Pakistan, stood before the Democratic National Convention and mourned their son Humayan, a U.S. soldier who'd been killed in Iraq. Humayan, his grieving father recalled, was "the...
