TOPIC
World Affairs & Human Rights
International conflict, sovereignty, human rights, displacement and the people
whose lives are often reduced to headlines. These editorials examine power,
competing narratives and the human consequences behind global events.
VETERANS • PACIFIC COMMUNITIES • HEALTHCARE • ACCOUNTABILITY

They Served the United States. The Nearest VA Care May Be an Ocean Away.
Citizens of three Pacific nations can enlist in the U.S. military. But after they return home, VA healthcare may require a flight to another country without VA travel reimbursement.
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WORLD AFFAIRS & HUMAN RIGHTS
When “Never Again” Does Not Include Everyone
Remembrance is strongest when its moral principle reaches the discrimination still happening now.
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WAR, SOVEREIGNTY & NARRATIVE
Ukraine: The War Everyone Explains Differently
Context matters. But NATO, Minsk and Western hypocrisy do not erase who invaded
or give Russia a legal right to Ukraine.
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WAR, POWER & CIVILIAN CONSEQUENCES
Iran: The War Behind the War
Behind the nuclear argument is another struggle over security, regime survival,
shipping routes, energy and who gets to define self-defense.
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GLOBAL ATTENTION & HUMAN CONSEQUENCES
Myanmar: When the World Stops Looking
A crisis does not end when international attention moves elsewhere.
What happens to people whose suffering continues after the headlines disappear?
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