The myth’s purpose is to make it seem dangerous to have Black people in control of the government.

We have seen this movie before, back in 2003. We need to be wiser now, and not be misled into supporting another disastrous war in the Middle East.

Russia says the U.S. is risking World War III. Are we willing to stake the future of humanity on our certainty that this is false?

In Myanmar, the Rohingya minority face brutal oppression. It's time for the world to stand up and demand their freedom.

Historian John Ghazvinian on the long pattern of tragic lost opportunities for mutual understanding and diplomacy.

Guantánamo stands out as one of the most extreme examples of how people’s lives can be totally ruined not because they actually did anything wrong, but because it was simply not politically advantageous for anyone to care what happened to them.

As aid to Gaza trickles to a slow, the US could be doing more to prevent mass death and suffering. But that would require standing up to Israel.

The government uses a shifting definition of ‘terrorism’ as a tool to stifle dissent and protect elite interests.