Ratner Middle East Fellowship

An open letter from over one hundred artists, activists, scholars, and writers

The United States is a land of plenty, not scarcity — and undocumented immigrants are not the reason our hospitals and social services are crumbling.

In 2015, ordinary Europeans welcomed refugees with open arms. Will we do the same with the caravan from Central America?

Those of us who oppose the war in Yemen must dig in for a serious fight.

From Trump to Putin, Netanyahu to Duterte, and around the world, democratic rights are under attack.

How the United States is helping Oman militarize its border with Yemen.

From dealing weapons abroad to developing nuclear arms at home, Democrats and Republicans have something in common.

The U.S. is slamming the door on people forcibly displaced by American interventions.

The sanctuary movement needs an anti-war voice.

Five ways the administration has waged war on Muslims at home and abroad in its first year.

The Supreme Court’s decision to let the indefinite ban go forward will certainly embolden Trump and his hardline supporters.

The use of drone strikes has spiraled out of control and will only get worse, Dr. Maha Hilal of the Institute for Policy Studies told Rising Up With Sonali recently

For prisoners on hunger strike, the Trump administration looks prepared to let them die.

As the war on terror enters its 17th year, it’s clear that abuses of power by one administration lead to abuses by the next.

The war on terror was supposed to be about making our country safer. As a Muslim American, I don’t feel safer at all.

They serve to valorize white violence that colors America’s racist past – and present.

The revoking of Alaa Zayoud’s Israeli citizenship sets a dangerous precedent.

If the war on terror has taught us one thing, it’s that harsh laws targeting non-citizens will eventually be extended to citizens, too.

The U.S. hasn’t agreed to resettle any of its own torture victims, much less offered any other form of accountability.