Why Trump's recognition of the Golan Heights as Israeli territory matters
Political leverage aside, it's a major source of water in a parched corner of the world that harbors significant oil…
Political leverage aside, it's a major source of water in a parched corner of the world that harbors significant oil…
The president and attorney general can try to keep the findings of Mueller's investigation secret. They'll likely…
Trust in the news media is low. One way to regain that trust is better transparency, media experts say. But what does transparency…
Research shows that unrest, even terrorism, can erupt in poor countries with a surplus of young people and not enough jobs.…
If Israel's longtime leader Benjamin Netanyahu loses in the upcoming elections, some hope that his removal will pave…
A law professor from the University of California, Hastings considers why a moratorium in California could be influential.
The recent massacre at a New Zealand mosque is a traceable, direct outgrowth of an American white nationalist movement that…
President Trump vetoed Congress' rejection of his emergency declaration. That brings the constitutional confrontation…
The U.S-Mexico border runs through Native American territories. A wall would further divide these communities, separating…
Hawaii's fight for statehood was long and waged primarily against racist US lawmakers who feared admitting a majority…
If undocumented immigrants choose not to fill out the questionnaire, then the official population of several states would…
The revolution begun by Syrians exactly eight years ago has been won – by the murderous leader they rebelled against.…
Three scholars react to the spectacle, finger-pointing and long-term harms of the stalemate in British Parliament.
The American Israeli Public Action Committee has managed to work with Democrats and Republicans alike. Will that change…
A new study looks at obituaries of private military contractors killed at war. The majority are white men with significant…
On the eighth anniversary of the Syrian uprising, scholar Wendy Pearlman writes about the people who risked their lives…
Without its communist Soviet-style economy, North Korea would just be South Korea.
Civilian casualty counts are a powerful tool for propaganda – and for establishing peace.
Citing security concerns, the US is evacuating its embassy in Caracas, where President Maduro blames the US for a calamitous…
Governments should heed the expertise of the grassroots nonprofits that witness this scourge firsthand.