Syria

When is torture, ‘torture’ in ‘The New York Times?’ When it's purportedly done by someone the US government disapproves of, says Justin Doolittle.

A paradigm shift is taking place. It is coming from the awareness that all of our crises are connected to an economy rigged for the wealthiest.

The estimated 100,000 killed so far includes not just men, but thousands of women and children.

Forced out of Syria by civil war, Palestinian refugees have fled to Gaza, where they are welcomed but unable to enjoy basic economic and physical security.

Robert Naiman: Maybe policies that apply only to Iran win plaudits at cocktail parties inside the Beltway, but they sound ridiculous in much of the rest of the world.

Video of a press conference announcing an International Solidarity Hunger Strike for Syria.

Doctors, faith and peace leaders gather at UN to announce International Solidarity Hunger Strike for Syria, demand lifting of military

Sectarian violence should be seen as the result of specific political and economic developments, rather than their cause.

Any article listing the top 10 of anything will be widely read.

As refugees from Syria continue to pour into Lebanon, the majority of children are not going to school, spurring concern that they will become a “lost generation.”