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Pete Hegseth Halted US Efforts to Limit Civilian Deaths Ahead of Iran War
People who were tracking civilian casualties have been reassigned to other jobs, says journalist Akbar Shahid Ahmed.
World’s Dangerous Reliance on Oil Transforms Fossil Fuels Into Weapons of War
War on Iran exposes “the frailty of a global order that is grounded in fossil fuels,” says journalist Antonia Juhasz.
Israel Denies Palestinians Access to Bomb Shelters as War on Iran Continues
Public focus on Iran has allowed the ethnic cleansing of Palestinians to continue unabated, says journalist Orly Noy.
Israel Intensifies Attacks on Lebanon and Orders Mass Displacement in the South
Far right Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich threatened to destroy areas of Lebanon as Israel did to Gaza.
Nearly 4 Years After His Death, Documentary About Journalist Nominated for Oscar
Armed Only with a Camera: The Life and Death of Brent Renaud also honors other fallen journalists, says Craig Renaud.
A New Regional War Could Be More Devastating Than 25 Years of “Forever Wars”
Iran is aiming for a war of attrition with the world’s biggest military superpower and another nuclear-armed state.
US-Israel War on Iran Part of Long Campaign Against Regional Self-Determination
“All this does is heighten the determination of Indigenous people to find out how they can resist,” says Rami Khouri.
Prisoners in Iran Report Limited Access to Food as US-Israeli Attack Continues
“These attacks are causing much suffering for Iranian people,” says a scholar who was on death row in Iran.
Mohsen Mahdawi: Columbia’s Capitulation to Trump Made DHS Abduction Possible
Even though Ellie Aghayeva was released, the university has long failed to stand up for its students, says Mahdawi.
Committee to Protect Journalists Reports a Record 129 Journalists Killed in 2025
For both 2024 and 2025, the Israeli military was responsible for two-thirds of all press killings.