The Detention Center That Won’t Close
The US military is currently occupying part of southern Cuba. That’s not how most would describe the notorious naval and prison complex at Guantánamo Bay, but the last 20 years of…
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Kate Kizer
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Kate Kizer is a leading progressive foreign policy strategist and legislative advocate. Kate was most recently the Policy Director at Win Without War, where she was a key leader in the fights to stop Trump's worst national security impulses, and to push Democrats to adopt bold alternatives. At the forefront of the legislative strategy and grassroots organizing of the recent war powers and weapons sales fights in Congress, Kate's work has helped lay the foundation for future transformational change in U.S. foreign policy. Follow her work on Twitter @KateKizer.
Biden’s Choice on Yemen
After declaring he would make Saudi Arabia “the pariah state they are” on the campaign trail, President Joe Biden’s recent steps on Yemen — announcing an end to US military support…
The Case for a Post-9/11 Truth Commission
19 years ago today, George W. Bush signed the 2001 Authorization for the Use of Military Force (AUMF) into law. 19 years later, the United States military is still fighting an endless war in…
So This Is How It Ends
Months of daily protests against systemic racism, and the white supremacy upon which this country was founded, have sparked a violent, dangerous response from the federal government. What…
America Is Ready for Human Security — Is Congress?
On the Senate floor last week, Senator Bernie Sanders posed a timely question about how our nation builds security. Is it through $740 billion per year Pentagon budgets, Sanders wondered, or…
US Hegemony Relies on Dehumanization and White Supremacy
When I began writing this column, Black Hawk helicopters were still circling over Washington, DC, flying low to intimidate and disperse protestors demanding justice for yet another murder of…
Incrementalism Won’t Save Us, Bold Internationalism Will
A few weeks ago, most Americans were going about their day-to-day lives, largely unaware of the looming security crisis we now find ourselves in. The fundamental threat to human security…