The Language of Terrorism Since 9/11
While the world’s media have retreated from using the word "terrorism," governments have applied it ever more broadly, with vast implications for law and society. How does this simultaneous avoidance and expansion of the use of the word affect how we understand and address the phenomenon of violence committed in the name of an ideal?
Facing Elections, the Netanyahu Government Is Scared — and Reckless
The current Israeli government is the most extreme in the country’s history, and also one of its most durable. But polling numbers consistently show that Netanyahu’s coalition might not win the Oct. 27 election. Fear of losing is driving a frenzy of settlement activity in the West Bank.
A Libyan General Accused of Crimes Against Humanity Was Arrested in Turin. Why Did Italy Let Him Go?
Libya’s Gen. Osama Njeem was wanted by the ICC for crimes against humanity he committed at Mitiga Prison, where detainees — many of them migrants — were tortured, raped and extorted. Yet when he was arrested in Turin in 2025, Italy swiftly flew him home. Why?
Why Syria Is Training Women To Protect Its Tourists
Thousands of Syrian women signed up for a police force without knowing exactly why they were being recruited. Some were revolutionaries, some widows. One left a 2-month-old at home to train.
Remembering the Beirut Explosion
During the 2020 Beirut port blast, everyone in the city with a camera phone and social media account became a reporter of some sort, and the catastrophe opened the door to a new way of experiencing history. What the algorithm reshared became instant archival material that still has an important story to tell.