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The majority of the world agrees that the humanitarian consequences and civilian harm caused by cluster munitions, which can kill anyone and everyone in their wide path, are unacceptable. Despite this global understanding, the United States remains an outlier in allowing the continued production and use of these immoral weapons. Now, some lawmakers are urging the Biden Administration to send cluster munitions to Ukraine, disregarding the global prohibition of these weapons and the significant danger they pose to civilians.

The United States is one of the leading historic emitters of the greenhouse gasses that are fueling climate change. Yet, developing countries find themselves shouldering a disproportionate amount of the burden. This is both a political and a moral issue.

The debt ceiling and federal budget debates are unfolding in real-time on Capitol Hill with potentially severe consequences for life in the United States and the health of the global economy.

On this fifth anniversary of the United States disastrous withdrawal from the Iran Nuclear Deal (JCPOA), it is imperative that President Biden follow through on his commitment to uphold human rights, prevent war, and rein in Iran’s nuclear program.

It has been three weeks since violence erupted in Sudan. Hundreds of people have been killed. Hundreds of thousands more have been forced to flee, and many remain trapped by fighting without access to food, water, or electricity.

Too often, when we talk about migration, the conversation gets reduced to the “right way” or “wrong way” to enter the United States. The tragedy of the U.S. immigration system is that we have dramatically reduced the number of humanitarian pathways that allow people to enter the country. Those that do exist are narrower and harder to access than many realize.

It has been 20 years since “mission accomplished” was declared, nearly 12 years since the formal end of the Iraq War, and four years since the expulsion of ISIS from the territory it once controlled in Iraq. We have had ample time to reflect on the painful lessons of the Iraq War. It’s time to truly bring it to an end.

This week, a delegation of leaders from Saudi Arabia and Oman met with Houthi leaders in the Yemeni capital of Sana’a. Their aim is to reinstate the truce in Yemen, which lapsed in October, and pave the way for broader talks to end the conflict entirely.

March 25 marked eight years since the Saudi-led bombing campaign began. Throughout the war, Saudi Arabia, relying on U.S. military support, has conducted tens of thousands of airstrikes in Yemen. The war has left a visible impact on the country and its people.

A core tenet of faith is caring about the suffering of others. When there is severe flooding in Pakistan or drought in the Horn of Africa, there is a conviction to empathize and respond, even if we’re thousands of miles away.