Scenes from a Ramadan massacre

March 20, 2025
Ahmed Ahmed
Palestinians in Gaza City describe collecting body parts from the street and fending off stray dogs as they awaited ambulances amid Israel's attacks.

 

 Oday Al-Zaigh looks out of his front door at the damage caused by Israeli airstrikes, Gaza City, northern Gaza Strip, March 18, 2025. (Ahmed Ahmed)

Teachers Say 'See You In Court' as Trump Tries to Abolish Department of Education

March 20, 2025
Brett Wilkins
"We won't be silent as anti-public education politicians try to steal opportunities from our students, our families, and our communities to pay for tax cuts for billionaires," said the head of the nation's largest labor union.

Demonstrators gather outside of the U.S. Department of Education headquarters in Washington, D.C. on March 13, 2025 to protest mass layoffs and budget cuts at the agency, initiated by the Trump administration and Department of Government Efficiency. (Photo: Bryan Dozier/Middle East Images/AFP via Getty Images

A Hard Rain’s A-Gonna Fall – from the West down to the East

March 19, 2025
Pepe Escobar
Let’s start with that phone call. The Kremlin readout is quite sober – but it does reveal a few nuggets. There is no comprehensive deal – yet – between Moscow and Washington. Far from it: we are just in the initial tentative stage of talking and talking about several interconnected dossiers.