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An Army of Humanity to Fight Crimes Against Humanity

A UNRDF would give individual citizens all around the world the ability to volunteer to do more than just “serve their countries.” It would give them the opportunity to serve humanity.
Tad Daley ·
Many mistakenly believe the U.N. already possesses such a force — the “U.N. Blue Helmets.” (Photo: Flickr)
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'A Model of Hope for the World': 25 Years After Rwandan Genocide, New Film Shows Journey Toward Justice and Healing

Jessica Corbett ·

Photographs of genocide victims

What Have We Learned From the Rwandan Genocide?

C. Cora True-Frost ·

The Music That's In All of Us

Robert C. Koehler ·

The Gulkana Glacier in the Alaska Range, like most glaciers globally, is losing mass rapidly. Some experts predict that every alpine glacier in the world will be gone by 2100. (Photo: Dahr Jamail)

'We Can't Undo This': On a Planet in Crisis

Dahr Jamail ·

As I explained in my Consortium News report, no such effort to count the dead by reviewing media reports, records from hospitals and other "passive" sources, no matter how thoroughly, can ever fully count the dead amid the widespread violence and chaos of a country ravaged by war. (Photo by Sebastiano Tomada/Getty Images Reportage Reportage)

Yemeni War Deaths Underestimated by Five To One

ACLED estimates the true number of people killed in Yemen is probably between 70,000 and 80,000.

Nicolas J.S. Davies ·

What Is Democracy, Anyway? Let’s Talk

Above all, democracy is a cultural journey—not an end stage—headed towards widely dispersed power and away from concentrated control

Frances Moore Lappé ·

"Despite the sharp decline in interstate conflicts and deaths of military personnel, the significant number of deaths of civilians in the civil wars continues to pose threat." (Photo: Sergeeva Leka via Shutterstock)

Drifting Away from Peace

According to a new study, peaceful countries are getting more peaceful while the violent are getting more violent

Sajjad Hussain ·

We Shouldn't Take the Bait on 'Catch and Release'

People are not fish, and using a phrase, even one with the valence of a humane practice, serves to dehumanize the human beings being led away in handcuffs

Stacy Sullivan ·

"Today, thousands of refugees face grave harm if they return to their countries of origin. And yet the United States, Turkey, Israel, China, and others blithely return these refugees as part of a worldwide crackdown on “illegal” immigration." (Photo: UNHCR Photo Unit / Flickr)

World to Refugees: Go to Hell

Over 22.5 million people have been forced to flee their countries. Last year, less than 200,000 were resettled.

John Feffer ·

The Iraq Death Toll 15 Years After the US Invasion

Numbers are numbing, especially numbers that rise into the millions. But please remember that each person killed represents someone's loved one.

Medea Benjamin ·

A Palestinian searches through rubble of his destroyed home hit by Israeli strikes in Towers Al-andaa—the northern Gaza Strip. (Photo: UN Photo/Shareef Sarhan/flickr/cc)

Nine Reasons Israel Is Not a ‘Progressive Paradise’

Progressives realizing the realities of the state of Israel are precisely why Democrats are continuing to sympathize more and more with Palestinians.

Hamzah Raza ·

US Falls Behind Other Wealthy Countries in Infant Mortality Rates

Majority of wealthy countries listed in UNICEF's report provide citizens with government-run healthcare systems

Julia Conley ·

Global Alarm as Trump CDC Plans to 'Dramatically' Slash Epidemic Prevention

Democratic lawmakers and global health groups are calling on Republicans to continue funding for epidemic preparedness abroad

Jessica Corbett ·

Donald Trump and Dr. Evil (Photo mashup by TooFab.com)

Trump Isn’t Just Incompetent and His Agenda Isn’t Just Bad. It’s Evil.

After a year that's brought us closer to nuclear war, ethnic cleansing, and climate catastrophe, it's time to consider that the Trump-GOP agenda may be genuinely evil.

John Feffer ·

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