From Arctic With Love. Who Will Unfreeze It?

The Arctic Council comprises eight Arctic States, Canada, Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, the Russian Federation, Sweden, and the United States, plus six Permanent Participants representing Indigenous people. It was established on 19 September 19, 1996, when the...

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William Astore: I’m Already Against the Next War

Reprinted from Bracing Views with the author’s permission. I’ve been reading John Ketwig’s memoir “…and a hard rain fell: A GI’s true story of the War in Vietnam,” and it’s reminding me just how plain dumb, destructive, and duplicitous America’s wars have been since...

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Daniel Larison: Israel Shatters the Gaza Ceasefire

The Israeli government was already deliberately starving the population of Gaza with their blockade, and now they have resumed intense bombing: Israel’s military launched a large-scale bombing campaign on the Gaza Strip early Tuesday, breaking the fragile ceasefire...

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