Drawing on over 30 visits to Afghanistan, antiwar activist Kathy Kelly discusses the need for empathy and reparations

As we approach the 20th anniversary of 9/11, U.S. citizens must insist on paying reparations and choose to lay aside the cruel futility of our forever wars

As the United States ends its military presence in Afghanistan after 20 years of occupation and war, the Costs of War Project estimates it spent over $2.2 trillion

The U.S. government owes reparations to the civilians of Afghanistan for the past twenty years of war and brutal impoverishment

The whistleblower acted on behalf of the public’s right to know what is being done in its name

“Untitled (drone)” is meant to animate questions “about the use of drones, surveillance, and targeted killings in places far and near”

“It’s not normal for people to live like this,” says Iman Saleh, now on her twelfth day of a hunger strike demanding an end to war in Yemen.

Amid the ongoing horror, it’s important to find ways to atone for war crimes —including reparations

Banning weaponized and surveillance drones would enhance our capacity to work toward meeting human needs

We must not turn away. We must decry the terrible war and blockade. Doing so may help spare the lives of at least some of Yemen’s children. The opportunity to resist this massacre of the innocents rests with us.