To Deter the Houthis, Enforce Israeli Withdrawal from the Occupied Palestinian Territories
On Oct. 16, the Houthis declared their military chief of staff, Muhammad Abdulkarim al-Ghamari, dead. He had been killed by...
Opinion
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This Is How Football Became a Tool of Modern Imperialism
More than 150 years after the abolition of slavery, human trafficking persists—just in a different form. Two centuries later, European...
What the Backlash Against Mamdani Reveals About Islamophobic Panic
Zohran Mamdani’s stunning upset has sparked an intense wave of political outrage, from politicians predicting another 9/11 to referring to...
DeepSeek Claims to Be a Sustainable AI Tool. But Is It Really?
Have you ever considered the sustainability implications of your artificial intelligence use? If you’re one of the 99% of Americans...
Digging Ourselves Deeper: When Climate Action Mimics Extraction
President Trump’s desire to annex Greenland is not wholly a national security strategy. With the autonomous territory’s ice sheet losing...
Former Philippine President Duterte’s Arrest and the Broader Southeast Asian War on Drugs
From 2016 to 2022, Filipinos endured endless cycles of fear under the Rodrigo Duterte Administration and his “war on drugs”...
What Happened to Making America Affordable Again?
“Starting on day one, we will end inflation and make America affordable again,” Donald Trump said on the campaign trail....
Why is Elon Musk supporting Donald Trump? Mars, Tesla, Wealth, and Ego
Elon Musk's shift from supporting Democrats to endorsing Republicans, along with his backing of Donald Trump after the failed assassination...
Donald Trump Will Be His Own Secretary of State: What Early Days Tell Us About the President’s Foreign Policy
Foreign affairs is perhaps the policy area where both Donald Trump’s supporters and detractors expect him to diverge most drastically...
Banning Aid, Firing Critics: Netanyahu’s Latest Power Plays Spell Disaster for Palestinians
On November 8, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced the next Israeli ambassador to the U.S., Yechiel Leiter, who will take...