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Cracking My Shell: Thoughts on Emotional Detachment & the Gaza War
Cracking My Shell: Thoughts on Emotional Detachment & the Gaza War by Sarena Neyman 844 words Every spring, someone in my town posts hand-drawn TURTLE CROSSING signs near the roads where turtles lay their eggs. I’d never actually seen one crossing and used to wonder why anyone bothered with these signs. But then yesterday, I…
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It’s Trump’s War Now
It’s Trump’s War Now by Mel Gurtov 836 words President Trump announced that the US had bombed three Iranian nuclear sites. Then he messaged that “now is the time for peace.” No, it is time for war. No negotiating, just giving Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu precisely what he wanted–the bunker-busting bombs that the Israeli…
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Scuttling International Humanitarian Assistance
Scuttling International Humanitarian Assistance by Lawrence S. Wittner 970 words Since the return of Donald Trump to the White House, he and his Republican allies have worked to destroy the U.S. government’s overseas humanitarian aid programs. This action flies in the face of the U.S. government’s lengthy record of humanitarian assistance to people of other…