Israeli threats to occupy or annex south Lebanon dust off a decades-old playbook
A man checks his phone on a beach as smoke rises from Israeli artillery fire on Qlaileh village, near the city of Tyre in south Lebanon. AP Photo/Hussein MallaA chorus of hawkish Israeli politicians i...
Mireille Rebeiz, Chair of Middle East Studies, Dickinson College
Presidential words can turn the unthinkable into the thinkable − for better or for worse
President Donald Trump's rhetoric has grown increasingly violent.wildpixel/iStock via Getty Images PlusAmong the most disorienting things about President Donald Trump’s public language is how ea...
Stephanie A. (Sam) Martin, Frank and Bethine Church Endowed Chair of Public Affairs, Boise State University
Philadelphia’s 40-year history of protecting undocumented immigrants began with churches hiding refugees from El Salvador
Supporters visit Javier Flores, right, while he lived in sanctuary at Arch Street United Methodist Church in downtown Philadelphia in 2017.Bastiaan Slabbers/NurPhoto via Getty ImagesIn the midst of a ...
Menika Dirkson, Associate Professor of History, Morgan State University
Mutual aid and self-sufficiency are key to life near USSR’s contaminated nuclear test zone in Kazakh…
Four decades of tests had a total explosive yield of 2,500 Hiroshimas.Magdalena StawkowskiAbout a ye…
City animals act in the same brazen ways around the world
A monkey swipes a soda in Thailand.Saeed Khan/AFP via Getty ImagesThe urban monkeys in New Delhi are…
Water conservation works, but climate change is outpacing it: Phoenix, Denver and Las Vegas offer a …
The Denver suburb of Castle Rock, Colo., limits water use in future developments. Homeowners are emb…
From a vaccine mascot to business leadership, lessons for the US from Brazil’s public health system …
Business leaders and community groups across Brazil stepped in to counter the government's anti-vacc…
Why Americans are buying $22 smoothies despite feeling terrible about the economy
A selection of smoothies are listed in front of the high-end grocer Erewhon in Culver City, Calif., …
When a president is unfit for office, here’s what the Constitution says can happen
President Donald Trump mimics an Iranian protester being shot while holding a news conference in the…