Trump’s War On Iran Has Backfired. Here’s How.
By Nate Swanson\Foreign Affairs Photos: Wikimedia Commons Seventeen years ago, while serving as an Iran desk officer in the U.S. State Department, I asked a more veteran colleague…
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2 Haitian Journalists Abducted Amid Intensifying Violence In Port-au-Prince
By Committee to Protect Journalists Photos: YouTube Screenshots Miami, March 17, 2026—The Committee to Protect Journalists urges Haitian authorities to find and ensure the safe return of Haitian…
“Radical Empathy” Absent In Immoral Architects Of Iran War
By Robert C. Koehler Photos: YouTube Screenshots|Wikimedia Commons Boys will be boys. Just ask the president. At a gathering of Republicans a few days ago, Donald Trump talked…
Iran: Grieving Parents Spend Every Night At Graves Of Their Children, Killed By U.S. Strike
By Mahmoud Aslan|Drop Site News Photos: Morteza Akhondi\Wikimedia Commons MINAB, IRAN—Families arrive at the cemetery after sunset. They come carrying rugs and cushions, food and water, and candles…
Uganda’s Youth Bulge: Opportunity Or A Ticking Time Bomb?
By Atwemereireho Alex Photos: Wikimedia Commons “The wealth of nations lies not in their natural resources, but in the productive capacities of their people.”- Adam Smith, The Wealth…
Trump’s Tariffs Have Cost The Equivalent Of 2,800 Factories Nationwide
By Center for American Progress Photos: Wikimedia Commons Washington, D.C. — A new analysis from the Center for American Progress finds that the Trump administration’s sweeping tariff agenda…
“Momnibus Act” Confronts Maternal Health Crisis As GOP Decimates Women’s Health Care Access
Photos: Cedars-Sinai\Wikimedia Commons Washington, D.C. – Yesterday, Representatives Lauren Underwood (D-IL-14), Alma Adams (D-NC-12), and Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) introduced the Momnibus Act, a package of 14 bills…
At Congressional Memorial For Massacred Iranian Schoolgirls Only 9 Members Showed Up
By Prem Thakker|Zeteo Photos: Wikimedia Commons I began my Wednesday on Capitol Hill looking at 168 pairs of shoes and backpacks representing the children the Trump-Vance administration just…
DNC Approach To Israel Is Political Malpractice And Moral Failure
By Norman Solomon Photos: YouTube Screenshots|Wikimedia Commons When the governing body of the Democratic Party convenes next month, it will face a challenge to its support for Israel.…
Nearly 5 Million Children Are Dying Annually Before Their Fifth Birthday: Here’s Why
By United Nations Photos: Wikimedia Commons An estimated 4.9 million children died before their fifth birthday in 2024, including 2.3 million newborns, according to new United Nations estimates…