Opinion

The Terrible Two Continue To Loom Large

Tom Engelhardt / TomDispatch Jan 5, 2024 Nuclear weapons and climate change remain our greatest existential threats in 2024. We need to take them seriously. Dig deeper ( 9 Min. Read )

The Fascism Behind the U.S. Stance on Israeli Settlements

Juan Cole / Truthdig Nov 20, 2019 Mike Pompeo's announcement about illegal squatter settlements on Palestinian land puts the U.S. firmly on the wrong side of history. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Romania to Give Holocaust Survivors Top Honors

The Associated Press Jan 27, 2019 The world marks International Holocaust Remembrance Day. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Russia and Putin Mark 75 Years Since WWII Siege of Leningrad

IRINA TITOVA /The Associated Press Jan 27, 2019 The siege of the city, now called St. Petersburg, lasted nearly 2½ years until the Soviet Army drove the Nazis away on Jan. 27, 1944. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Remembering Our Nuclear Past as We Speed Toward an Apocalyptic Future

Susan Southard / TomDispatch Jan 20, 2019 We must never forget the terrible Nagasaki bombing, especially now that nuclear weapons far more powerful than the atomic bomb are commonplace. Dig deeper ( 10 Min. Read )

Associated Press Blames Shooting Victims, Synagogue’s Open Doors

Naomi LaChance / Truthdig Oct 28, 2018 A tweet by the AP is the latest example in a wave of conspiracy-tinged victim blaming amid tragedy—led by President Trump and conservative pundits. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

World War III

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Conflict With Syria Could Lead to World War III

Teodrose Fikre / The Ghion Journal Apr 12, 2018 What is taking place there should serve as our wake-up call. We are one bad decision or miscalculation away from Armageddon. Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )

Polish Law Criminalizing Some Holocaust Speech Takes Effect

VANESSA GERA / The Associated Press Mar 1, 2018 The law makes it a crime to accuse the Polish nation of crimes that were committed by Nazi Germany. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Obama in Hiroshima, Memorial Day and the Iran Deal (Video)

Juan Cole / Truthdig May 29, 2016 Historians will see Obama’s Iran nuclear deal as one of the greatest achievements of his presidency, and perhaps as a turning point in anti-proliferation through diplomacy. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

‘Big Stink, Necessary Evil’: A Poem That Will Change Your Perspective on the Atomic Bombings (Audio)

Staff / Truthdig May 25, 2016 Jill McDonough’s poem on the planes that followed and photographed the atomic bombs the U.S. dropped in Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan during World War II is a harrowing depiction of the justifications that follow mass destruction. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

The Painting That Saved My Family From the Holocaust

By Stephen Engelberg / ProPublica Nov 25, 2015 A frightened young woman left her apartment in Munich in November 1938 and returned with the visa that saved her family. A team of German journalists launched an improbable search to find the missing artwork and tell its story. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )