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The Cleared Gitmo Detainees: Tawfiq Nasir Awad Al-Bihani

June 28, 2017

This is part four of a five-part series on the remaining cleared Guantanamo Bay detainees. Read part one on Ridah Bin…

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The Latest TIP Report

June 28, 2017

On June 27, 2017, the State Department’s Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons released the 2017 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) report.

The annual…

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The Senate’s Long Overdue AUMF Hearing

June 23, 2017

This week the Senate Foreign Relations Committee held its first hearing in over two years on authorizations for the use of military force, or 

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Nazi Bells, Confederate Monuments: Historical Symbols and Remembrance

June 23, 2017

By Erika Asgeirsson

Last week, controversy rang out in the German village of Herxheim am Berg over whether to remove a bell bearing a…

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Despite Decisive Victory, Macron and En Marche Face Deep Divisions

June 23, 2017

This is a cross-post from HuffPost.

Coauthored by Ilan Scialom

From his commanding victory to his bold first days in office—which led…

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Trump’s Budget Will Harm National Security

June 22, 2017

By Rosalind Faulkner

The White House website proclaims that President Trump’s budget “makes national defense a priority by increasing defense spending by $54 billion,” and “puts Americans’…

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The Cleared Gitmo Detainees: Abdul Latif Nasir

June 22, 2017

This is part three of a five-part series on the remaining cleared Guantanamo Bay detainees. Read part one on Ridah Bin…

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Masking Anti-Muslim Hatred: U.S. Hate Groups & their False Fight for Human Rights

June 21, 2017

By Emma Bernstein and Chelsea Wilson Miller

On June 10, ACT for America organized marches “against Sharia law and for human rights” in 28…

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