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Late Friday night into early Saturday, I watched the news and scrolled through social media as reports of explosions in Caracas began to spread.…
Jared O. Bell
Jared O. Bell is a former U.S. diplomat and scholar of human rights and transitional justice, dedicated to advancing global equity and systemic reform.
For anyone paying even modest attention to the current administration’s foreign policy posture, a Christmas Day bombing justified as “protecting Christians from…
This week marks the 30th anniversary of the war in Bosnia and Herzegovina. On December 14,1995 leaders from Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia,…
My 91-year-old grandmother has a litany of wise sayings, but one in particular always stayed with me. A few times after we…
As a kid, my favorite part of grocery shopping wasn’t the snacks or the cereal aisle, it was the tabloids at the…
When I sat down to write this piece, I wrestled with how to begin. Should I start with something clever? A historical…
In 2017, I visited the House of Flowers in Belgrade, Serbia, the mausoleum that holds the remains of Yugoslavia’s once-indomitable leader, Josip Broz Tito, and his…
If you’re like me, you’ve probably been struggling with what feels like a world turned upside down, where justice, mercy, and compassion…
If I’m completely honest, I can’t recall all the twists and turns of 1984. I probably read it in high school or…