Tag: Israel

“Paz for the People” in CD5

July 30, 2026 Jeannie Connerney

On July 23, 2026, I sat down with Jonathan Paz, candidate for US Congress in Massachusetts District 5, to ask him questions about his campaign and his vision for the future. Jonathan Paz (“Paz for the People!”) is challenging the incumbent, Katherine Clark. Jonathan was […]

Promises Without Peace: The Limits of U.S. Diplomacy

June 18, 2026 Gabrielle Griffin-Fetsch

Today, it is nearly impossible to go a day without hearing about U.S. foreign policy. Words of “peace talks” and “negotiations” continue to be thrown around by various news outlets, yet these claims also continue to be countered by other nations and world leaders, who […]

Peace with Iran is Possible, Just Look at China

May 20, 2026 Jeanne Trubek

The United States and Israel are waging a misguided war on Iran. Meanwhile, China, who the US sees as its biggest geopolitical rival, seems to have stayed out of it. Judging from how this war has played out, the US could stand to learn from […]

What is the US-Israeli War on Iran About? Hint: It’s Not Iran’s “Nuclear Weapons Program”

May 5, 2026 Jeff Klein

Trump and his administration have offered a grab-bag of justifications for the US-Israeli attack on Iran: “democracy” for Iranians, regime change, ending Iran’s supposed support for regional “terrorism,”and eliminating its missile capability that supposedly threatens the US (it doesn’t). Lately, the purpose has centered around […]

War Crimes in an Age of Impunity

April 29, 2026 Abigail Greenblatt

Last week, on Wednesday, April 22, Amal Khalil, a Lebanese journalist, was targeted and killed by Israeli forces while reporting on an earlier Israeli attack with her colleague Zeinab Faraj. Khalil and Faraj took shelter in a building, where rescue workers tried to reach the […]

While No One Was Watching: Israel’s Attacks on Lebanon

April 15, 2026 Abigail Greenblatt

As the U.S.-Israeli ceasefire with Iran grows increasingly tenuous under Trump’s threats to blockade the Strait of Hormuz, Israel’s attacks on Lebanon have received little attention. In response to U.S.-Israeli strikes that killed Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on February 28th, Hezbollah joined the […]

Trump’s Iran War: And the Big Fool Says Push On

April 8, 2026 Joseph Gerson

Fact-checking the bald-face lies in a morally obscene address by the most criminally corrupt and morally bankrupt US president in the history of the nation. We were waist deep in the Big Muddy The big fool said to push on —Pete Seeger On April Fool’s […]