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Back to SearchWhat Is Intifada?
Campus antiwar protests are disturbing some Jewish students, administrators, and politicians by chanting an Arabic word meaning uprising, intifada. S…
1 year, 11 months ago
Elections of 1860 and 1864
This is the third episode in an occasional series examining influential elections in U.S. history. The most recent episode, The Election of 1992, was…
1 year, 11 months ago
The Fascism Distraction
Is fascism what's ailing the American body politic today? Are Donald Trump and the Republican Party fascists or has fascism been around much longer, …
1 year, 11 months ago
What Is Zionism?
Zionism was a national liberation movement developed by European Jews in the late nineteenth century. Their early vision of a national homeland was f…
1 year, 11 months ago
An Ally in the South China Sea
The Philippines' oldest ally is the United States. Bound by a mutual defense treaty more than 70 years old, the two nations are aligning against Chin…
1 year, 11 months ago
When Reagan Pressured Israel
After Israel invaded Lebanon in June 1982, President Ronald Reagan grew infuriated by Israel's siege of Beirut because of thousands of civilian casua…
1 year, 11 months ago
Trump Against the Founders
Former President Donald Trump claims he is absolutely immune from criminal charges as he tries to stop Special Counsel Jack Smith from prosecuting hi…
1 year, 11 months ago
Origins of Our Border Crisis
By focusing our attention on only what's happening at the U.S.-Mexico border, we cannot hope to understand the causes of migration or its full conseq…
1 year, 11 months ago
Who's ISIS-K?
The Islamic State-Khorasan is forging a reputation for ferocious terrorist violence. Its gunmen massacred 137 people at a Moscow concert hall in Marc…
2 years ago
Still Bombing Baghdad
The U.S. invaded Iraq and toppled Saddam Hussein more than 21 years ago, yet the U.S. is still at war there. Why? Against whom? Will American forces …
2 years ago