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  • Rob Rogers
  • Mar 19, 2026
Ideological responses do not help the people of Iran. War and hope can (and do) coexist.
Forum | Opinion

Ideological responses do not help the people of Iran. War and hope can (and do) coexist.

  • Ava Homa
  • Mar 2, 2026

Airstrikes on Iran have created two predictable reactions abroad. One is an anti-war absolutism, rooted in the history of imperial interventio…

The overwhelming protests in Iran reflect desperation for change, despite an uncertain future.
Forum | Opinion

The overwhelming protests in Iran reflect desperation for change, despite an uncertain future.

  • Ava Homa
  • Jan 22, 2026

Despite the ongoing internet blackout in Iran that began around Jan. 8, images and reports have leaked that prove the state is even more viole…

A Marina woman reflects on the uprising in her home country of Iran.
Opinion

A Marina woman reflects on the uprising in her home country of Iran.

  • Agata Popęda
  • Jan 21, 2026

Agata Popęda here. It was a beautiful, sunny morning today, Jan. 21 when I met with Mahshid Bozorgnia, a Marina resident and an Iranian, who i…

Iran enters a new phase of uncertainty after President Raisi is killed in a helicopter crash.
Forum | Opinion

Iran enters a new phase of uncertainty after President Raisi is killed in a helicopter crash.

  • The Arab Weekly
  • May 23, 2024

The death of Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, a hardliner long seen as a potential successor to Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, ushers …

Time and time again, the United States gets foreign relations with the Arab world totally wrong.
Forum | Opinion

Time and time again, the United States gets foreign relations with the Arab world totally wrong.

  • James J. Zogby
  • Mar 21, 2024

One week before the Oct. 7 Hamas attack in Israel, President Joe Biden’s National Security Adviser was quoted saying: “The war in Yemen is in …

By burning their headscarves, Iranian women are restoring their voices.
Forum | Opinion

By burning their headscarves, Iranian women are restoring their voices.

  • Ava Homa
  • Nov 10, 2022

Among the viral videos of the protests in Iran, perhaps the most moving one features a young woman dressed in white. She is twirling amid a ch…

As the specter of war with Iran rears its head, Monterey experts weigh in.
News

As the specter of war with Iran rears its head, Monterey experts weigh in.

  • Asaf Shalev
  • Jan 9, 2020

It was not just any assassination. When an American drone fired missiles at a convoy leaving Baghdad International Airport, it was the death o…

Rob Rogers—U.N. Comedy
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Rob Rogers—U.N. Comedy

  • Rob Rogers
  • Sep 27, 2018
2017 was supposed to be the Year of the Woman. Maybe it still is.
Arts & Culture

2017 was supposed to be the Year of the Woman. Maybe it still is.

  • Walter Ryce
  • Mar 16, 2017

With Donald Trump’s victory over Hillary Clinton, and last week’s impeachment of South Korea’s first female president, Park Geun-hye, it seems…

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