United for Peace and Justice is organizing a "National Media Day of Action on Afghanistan" on Thursday, May 21 with the goal of raising the profile of opposition to the war in Afghanistan and increasing awareness about the realities of the war.
A new briefing paper, “Afghanistan and Pakistan: Myths and Facts,” looks at some of the commonly cited arguments in support of the Afghanistan War.
The Nobel Peace Prize Laureates of the Nobel Women's Initiative held an international conference from May 10 to May 12 in Antigua Guatemala with the theme of “Women Redefining Democracy for Peace, Justice and Equality.”
After a recent visit to the country, the UN reports that Haiti has made significant progress in the last two years despite a history of damaging setbacks.
In Colombia, the scale of rape and sexual violence as part of its four-decade-old conflict is largely unknown. Women’s organizations are now campaigning in the country to make women aware of their rights and to push prosecutors to question paramilitaries about sexual violence.
Although there is a new US general in Afghanistan, Robert Dreyfuss argues that there will be no quick improvement on the battlefront.
Juan Cole, President of the Global Americana Institute, discusses today’s meeting between Obama and Netanyahu and contrasts their differing agendas for the Middle East.
The Nation addresses 10 things you can do to help solve the world’s growing hunger problem.
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