 From Russia’s invasion of Ukraine to Israel’s assault on Gaza, today’s crises reveal the failure of postwar institutions and the moral bankruptcy of Western powers, says political economist C. J. Polychroniou.

Ukraine and Gaza confirm that the postwar international order is obsolete

Analysis: Israel’s ability to continue its military onslaughts is dependent on a sophisticated international funding system.

Israel’s ever-expanding war machine is financed through international bond sales

Over 100 aid groups say Israeli restrictions are blocking food and medicine, demanding sensitive data from NGOs and deepening famine in the besieged territory.

NGOs warn of Israel’s ‘weaponization of aid’ as new rules threaten to expel charities from Gaza

America has armed and defended Israel’s genocide in Gaza since the start. But Human Rights Watch’s former director says Trump and his base’s shifting support for Israel — and his thirst for legacy — might change that.

Trump could get his Nobel Prize if he stops the Gaza genocide — and creates a Palestinian state, says Kenneth Roth 

Luis Moreno Ocampo, first chief prosecutor of the ICC, is raising sharp criticism against the attacks targeting his successor Karim Khan. But he says these attacks only prove the court’s continued relevance.

Founding ICC prosecutor: ‘The International Criminal Court will not disappear’

Analysis: Donating clothes and buying second-hand clothing has become a way for people to indulge their consumerist habits without guilt. The result? Secondhand stores are overflowing with fast fashion. 

Can thrift culture really fix fast fashion’s problems?

Viewpoint: How the world learned to mourn Palestinian death without naming Palestinian murder.

Why they prefer us starving

Viewpoint: James Gunn’s Superman flirts with critique but ultimately serves the same purpose as most superhero films — sanitizing American militarism for global audiences.

Is the new Superman film anti-Israel, or just another attempt at rehabilitating America’s image?

Viewpoint: My body is breaking down. My mother is collapsing from exhaustion. My cousin cheats death every day for a morsel of aid. Gaza’s children are dying in front of our eyes, and we are powerless to help them. 

We are starving.

An interfaith campaign is confronting one of the most powerful groups driving unconditional support for Israel and the genocide in Gaza — with spiritual resistance.

The faith leaders standing up to America’s largest pro-Israel Christian lobby

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