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War
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UN Officials Warn of Dengue Outbreak in War-Torn Yemen
Since there is no vaccine against the diseases, and no specific antiviral drug with which to treat the symptoms, prevention is the only long-term solution.
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Deliberate Targeting of Water Sources Worsens Misery for Millions of Syrians
The conflict in Syria has destroyed much of the country's water infrastructure, leaving five million people suffering from a critical water shortage.
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Islamic State May Be Using Chemical Weapons
These attacks on multiple fronts are incredibly damaging to a region already recovering from civil wars as well as invasion by US forces.
War Begets War Refugees: The Moral Bankruptcy of Italy and NATO
Now that the refugee crisis is worsening, it behooves NATO to deal with the problem.
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Dahr Jamail | Iraq: “A War Crime, Pure and Simple“
Three prominent policy analysts share perspectives on the true aims of the US-led invasion of Iraq and the ongoing crisis.
Collectively Dreaming New Worlds: Walidah Imarisha on “Octavia’s Brood“
Co-editor Walidah Imarisha discusses what inspired the sci-fi anthology “Octavia's Brood” and what it is intended to inspire.
Seventy Years Since Hiroshima: Nonviolence or Nonexistence
Seventy years after the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the US knows now what the effect has been.
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Dealing With Mass Killings in the US: Funding Our Children, Not Our Wars
Isn't it time to put as many resources and as much innovative thinking into our children as into our wars?
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Migrants Are Drowning as They Flee War and Poverty; Will Europe Continue Its Sea Rescues?
Mass migration to Europe, resulting from war and poverty, has erupted into a full-blown humanitarian crisis.
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Why Exactly Is the US at War in Yemen?
Supporting Saudi attacks on Yemen is a way for the US to show the Saudis that Iran is still a mutual adversary.