By Medea Benjamin* and Nicolas J. Davies** – Consortium News The fact that our government and institutional media downplay accurate casualty figures only makes it more urgent to find them.
By Federica Mogherini* and Sahil V. Shah** – Foreign Affairs Tehran Needs Positive Incentives, Not Just Pressure.
By Kristof Abel Tarnay* – Reporting Democracy A perfect storm of a child abuse scandal, the poor state of the economy and services, and a charismatic former insider with a well-organised party and a huge, diverse voter base were the necessary ingredients to oust Hungary’s…
By Eko Ernada* – Middle East Monitor (MEMO) The announcement of a ceasefire between the United States, Israel and Iran in April 2026 was widely framed as a moment of de-escalation in one of the most dangerous confrontations in the Middle East in recent years. Yet, a closer…
By Jon Manning* – Modern Diplomacy Israel’s systematic destruction of civilian housing in Gaza is another expression of government policy influenced by Israel’s radicalised society. The political leaders of Israel are overseeing a dramatic radicalisation of Israeli…
Sachs* and Sybil Fares** – Common Dreams To make lasting peace in the Middle East, the US must end its blank check to Israel’s perpetual wars and join with the rest of the world to force Israel to live within its internationally recognized borders of June 4…
By Bálint Madlovics* and Bálint Magyar** – Foreign Affairs Orban’s Mafia State Could Fall—or Cement Itself. Four years ago, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s authority was at its peak.
By Joshua Scheer – Scheerpost In the span of a single day, the United States came terrifyingly close to crossing a line that cannot be uncrossed. A president publicly threatened the destruction of “a whole civilization,” only to pivot hours later to a fragile, last-minute…
By Ramesh Jaura* – rjaura.substack.com Will global powers act—or stall—on reparative justice? The United Nations’ declaration of the transatlantic slave trade as the “gravest crime against humanity” marked a moment of moral clarity on March 25, 2026.
Sachs* – Common Dreams When deranged leaders invoke divine catastrophe as a political instrument, it is not only their enemies who are consumed. Unless they are stopped, we will all be victims of these two psychopaths. Here is Donald Trump’s Easter message to the…
