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Palestinians crowd to get food in Gaza City on July 30, 2025. Abdalhkem Abu Riash/Anadolu via Getty Images

Gaza isn’t the first time US officials have downplayed atrocities by American‑backed regimes – genocide scholars found similar strategies used from East Timor to Guatemala to Yemen

US officials have used a number of rhetorical strategies – ways of talking about something – to distance the country from, and avoid responsibility for, atrocities committed by those it supports.
A bloodied Donald Trump is surrounded by Secret Service agents. Rebecca Droke/AFP via Getty Images

Online rumors sparked by the Trump assassination attempt spread rapidly, on both ends of the political spectrum

Did you experience the rush of people expressing conspiracy theories and rumors on social media in the immediate aftermath of the shooting?
Former President Donald Trump is helped off the stage after he was shot at a campaign event in Butler, Pennsylvania, on July 13, 2024. AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar

What the Catholic Church says about political violence and the need to forgive – even would‑be assassins

At a time when so much violence and war are ravaging the world, a scholar of medieval Christianity explains Catholic views on the morality of warfare and the value of forgiving enemies.

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