Sunday, April 6, 2025

Experts Warn that Nuclear Risks May be Increasing

A nuclear watchdog issues a warning about the possibility that terrorists could obtain nuclear explosives or provoke a dangerous meltdown.

Iran Bans Animal Acts in Circuses

Iran has become the 9th country to ban the use of animals in circus acts.

Over 80 groups challenge Biden: End arms transfers to Israel amid allegations of Gaza...

The coalition's letter paints a harrowing picture of the situation on the ground.

The War on Terror has targeted Muslims almost exclusively

The war on terror was supposed to be about making our country safer. As a Muslim American, I don’t feel safer at all.

Congress Must Take Action to Block Weapon Sales to Saudi Arabia

Congress has thirty days to block the sale of these weapons. It is a moral imperative that they do so.

Murder as messaging

Under Trump, U.S. foreign policy hits violent new lows.

America’s mixed messages

We still want populations around the world to admire, appreciate, and respect this country as a democracy and a powerful protector. Some ships are used to make exactly that point, other ships have become the very image and essence of hardship and harm.

Should we bomb Syria (or Afghanistan or anywhere)? You’re asking the wrong question

Critics of nonviolence say that option is the prerogative of the privileged. But actually it’s the other way around.

500 years is long enough! Human Depravity in the Congo

For more than 500 years, the Congo has been brutalized by the extraordinary violence inflicted by those who have treated the country as a resource – for slaves, rubber, timber, wildlife and minerals – to be exploited.

Violent coup fails in Nicaragua, US continues regime change efforts

Peace and justice advocates must be grounded in anti-imperialism and nonintervention by the United States.