Dag Hammarskjold, the former UN secretary-general, once said that the UN “was not created to take mankind to heaven, but to save humanity from hell,” writes Mona Ali Khalil.
Despite Joe Biden’s recent pot shot at Italy’s struggling response to the pandemic, Andrew Spannaus says the Italian and U.S. medical systems have more in common than many realize.
I spent some time yesterday overwhelmed with grief when I realized I won’t get to hug my elderly parents for months, at best, writes Caitlin Johnstone. This is happening all around the world right now, with all of us.
It’s time to re-think what it means to be prepared to face threats, and what type of political and economic institutions we need to do so, writes Andrew Spannaus.