The nation remains in shock as law enforcement officials unravel the mystery of what drove 20-year-old Thomas Matthew Crooks to carry out an assassination attempt against former […]
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Trump’s attempt to intimidate a federal appeals court could ensure his defeat
by Dennis Aftergut During arguments Tuesday, a panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit expressed appropriate skepticism about Donald Trump’s claim of immunity […]
How are people changed by being taken hostage or fleeing bombs?
by Anastasiia Timmer Violent conflicts and atrocities can seem omnipresent in the world — and all the more traumatic in an age when wars are fought by […]
Blaming Iran for all Middle East violence not right tack for U.S. policy
by Daniel DePetris The sailors aboard the USS Carney, based in the Red Sea, had a busy weekend — one that could have just as easily turned […]
Hateful rhetoric, violence on the rise. Politicians aren’t helping
In the wake of Hamas’ attack on Israeli civilians and Israel’s counter-attack on Gaza, both antisemitism and Islamophobia are on the rise in the U.S. and abroad. […]
Threats of violence now drive politics
by Gene Lyons Maybe I’m losing my mojo. For all the chatter about political violence out there, this column hasn’t drawn a death threat in months. Maybe […]
Democracy under the knife in Sudan
by Haley Morrow and Tom H. Hastings The streets of Khartoum, the capital city of Sudan, have been engulfed in violent conflict for two weeks; thousands have […]
Violence casts shadow over Holy Land
by Storer H. Rowley Holy days in the Holy Land should be sacred refuges from escalating tensions and violence, but ironically, they are often just the opposite, […]
Violent radical left helps feed radical right’s narrative
The violent protest against the construction of a police training center in Atlanta exemplifies how little the radical left has learned since the 2020 Black Lives Matter […]
Will GOP trigger even more violence?
by Jackie Calmes Wasn’t Jan. 6, 2021, proof enough for Rep. “My Kevin” McCarthy and other Republican officials that words matter? That anti-government rhetoric, echoes of Donald […]
