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War & Peace
The Catastrophe Continues
May 15 marked the 77th anniversary of the Nakba, the “catastrophe” in 1948 when more than 750,000 Palestinians (80% of the population) were forcibly dispossessed from their lands and homes in what is [...] Continue Reading
The Silence of the Headlines
BY ZARINA ZABRISKY The Russian war of aggression has shattered Ukraine’s daily life. International coverage understates the scale of Russian attacks on the frontline territories and cities, said a [...] Continue Reading
Genocide Continues
In 1989, while a high school social studies teacher, I went to Palestine, and what I learned completely transformed my point of view. As a teenager in the 1960s, I had absorbed the Leon Uris Exodus [...] Continue Reading
“Mom, I Want to Live”: A Ukrainian Family’s Nightmare
Lyudmila, 54, lives in Kherson in a one-bedroom apartment with her daughter Galina, 30; grandson Vasyl, 18 months; son, 20; son-in-law, 32; and five dogs and a red cat. A small apartment is littered [...] Continue Reading
Firewalls Falling
Dark Parallels: Munich On Feb. 14, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy made a dark joke at Munich Security Conference 2025, saying that there will be no agreement because “well, it is [...] Continue Reading
Too Young to Die in a Nuclear War
The world’s richest man, President Donald Trump’s hatchet man Elon Musk, and his Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) have unbridled access to the government’s data and computer [...] Continue Reading
Two Nations, One Struggle
Russia’s aggression has destabilized regions, displaced millions and violated countless human rights, demonstrating that its actions are not only a regional crisis but also a global challenge. In [...] Continue Reading
Lessons from Nuremberg
(Editor’s note: At press time came the announcement of the Jan. 15 ceasefire and prisoner/hostage exchange between Hamas and the Israeli government. This agreement is welcome, but it remains to be [...] Continue Reading
Human Safari across Ukraine’s Frontline Cities
“I was six in 1942—or was it 1943?” says Svitlana. “I remember a shell swishing by and ducking to hide.” Svitlana ducks. Small and neat, with shiny blue eyes and silver hair tucked under a [...] Continue Reading
Anne Applebaum’s Autocracy, Inc.
What in the world happened? In November 1989, the Berlin Wall was breached. Two years later, the Soviet Union collapsed. During those heady years, the air was alive with talk of the “end of [...] Continue Reading