Gaza is Burning: Here’s What the Corporate Media isn’t Telling You
Do American media slant their Middle East coverage toward Israel? Here’s a discussion with journalist Max Blumenthal who fills the large gaps in corporate news reporting.
Identity as the Stories We Tell Each Other
Eric Reidy is a freelance journalist based in Ramallah. He has written for Al-Jazeera English, Wamda, and the Culture Trip. Last year, he lived in Beirut and worked for the … Continue reading
Video: Naomi Shihab Nye and Chana Bloch Celebrate the Possibility of Peace
Naomi Shihab Nye and Chana Bloch commemorate Israeli Independence Day and Palestinian Nakba Day by reading from their poetry and selected translations at the Rothko Chapel in Houston.
Gail Langstroth: The Named, The Nameless
*** Winner of the Jeffster Award for “Best Social Justice Blog” from Deconstructing Myths *** As the ten-year anniversary of 9/11 approached, I wanted to take part in an initiative where the … Continue reading
How Did This Happen? A Reflection Upon War And Civic Education
As I write, Iraq is falling. Most of the north of that country has fallen into the hands of insurgents. Whether Baghdad will fall, how the United States will react, … Continue reading
SOLDIERS DON’T FIGHT FOR A CAUSE?
Wars without purpose. Patriotism without sacrifice. I hate cliches about war. I am a Vietnam veteran. I always get this uncomfortable feeling when someone says, “Thank you for serving your … Continue reading
Clifford Thompson: A Brief Take on Slavery and the Holocaust
The tendency to mistreat one another, occasionally on a horrifyingly large scale, appears to run deep in the human makeup. Our technological progress routinely laps its moral counterpart, if, in … Continue reading
A SILENCED MOURNING
In the past several decades, there has been an increased public “outing” of the persecution of gays and lesbians during the Nazi regime. Holocaust museums around the world have erected … Continue reading
UN Reports Increasing Number of War Casualties are Children
In 1994, on the eve of Rwanda’s genocide, Radio Mille Collines, in Kigali, incited listeners with a venomous message: “To kill the big rats, you have to kill the little … Continue reading →