November 7th, 20250The world has become a witness to unimaginable suffering. In Gaza, entire families have been erased from the registry of the living. Children, once filled with laughter, now silenced by hunger, dust and fear, stare blankly from hospital beds that have no medicine in hospitals that no longer have walls. Every explosion feels like an echo...
October 17th, 20250Temporary peace, permanent doubt: The fragile truce between Israel and Gaza
Here is a clear-eyed look at the new Israel Gaza ceasefire. It is a moment many people prayed to see. The guns have fallen quiet. Hostages are coming home. Prisoners are stepping off buses to tearful embraces. The United Nations and aid agencies are rushing...
October 17th, 20250If President Trump hopes to earn a Nobel Peace Prize, he’s going to need to do better than his 20-point “Comprehensive Plan to End Gaza’s Conflict.” Characteristically exaggerating, Mr. Trump called the plan’s release “one of the greatest days in human history”, but poring over Arab, Israeli, and U.S. press reveals that...
October 10th, 20250Joe Rogan is hardly a traditional political figure. Comedian, UFC commentator, longtime podcaster and self-described libertarian with left-leaning sensibilities, Rogan roams across topics ranging from psychedelics and health to politics, technology and culture. Yet in recent years, particularly during the 2024 United States presidential...
August 15th, 20250In the ashes of World War II, the world told itself a comforting story. The Nazi regime was crushed, Adolf Hitler was dead and the ideology of racial supremacy, industrialized slaughter and ruthless domination had been defeated. The Holocaust was declared a moral turning point for humanity. The refrain “Never Again” became a pledge...
March 1st, 20240A new survey from Data for Progress asked likely U.S. voters about various foreign policy issues, particularly related to the ongoing war on Gaza.
When asked if they approve or disapprove of the way Joe Biden is handling the Israel-Palestine conflict, voters disapprove by a -21-point margin, with 57 percent disapproving and 36 percent...
