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…
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Kate Kizer
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Kate Kizer is the Policy Director at Win Without War. She has a decade of experience working on human rights, democratization, and US foreign policy in the Middle East. Her writing and commentary has appeared in numerous outlets, including the Washington Post, Newsweek, Politico, Reuters, the Nation and more. Kate previously served as the Director of Policy and Advocacy at the Yemen Peace Project, where she played a pivotal role in forcing congressional votes on blocking weapons sales and ending other US military assistance to the Saudi-led military coalition. She has also held leadership roles in the private sector and on political campaigns. Kate received her BA in Middle Eastern & North African Studies from UCLA and her MA in Democracy & Governance from Georgetown University.
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…