On Saturday morning, February 28, the United States and Israel launched coordinated military strikes on Iran, hitting targets in Tehran, Isfahan, Qom and other cities across 24 provinces. Iran’s Red Crescent reported at least 201 people killed and 700 injured. US President Donald Trump announced “major combat operations” and openly urged regime change. Iran retaliated [...]
In his recent book, What is the Future of U.S. Democracy: Renewal or Decay? Fixing the Constitution and Reforming the Political Processes to Save U.S. Democracy, Rev. Dr. S. Wesley Ariarajah ventures beyond his established theological scholarship to offer a sweeping constitutional diagnosis of American democracy. Professor Emeritus of Ecumenical Theology at Drew University and [...]
In this interview, national security lawyer Fahad Ansari speaks with JURIST News Associate Editorial Director, Alanah Vargas, about the transformation of the London-based law firm Riverway Law into Riverway to the Sea—a movement-embedded legal training and advocacy organization dedicated to confronting Zionism, and defending Palestinian liberation and anti-colonial resistance. He explains how the organization is [...]
In this interview, law professor Corinna Barrett Lain discusses her book “Secrets of the Killing State,” which exposes the troubling realities behind lethal injection as a method of execution. Lain, a death penalty researcher and law professor, explains how lethal injection is based on “fake science” rather than medical expertise, details the extensive secrecy measures [...]
“Justice delayed is justice denied” is more than a familiar maxim. It is a lived reality for countless clients navigating the courts today. In Ghana, the backlog of cases and procedural delays have become defining features of the justice system, eroding public confidence and placing heavy burdens on litigants. For clients, these delays translate into [...]
This interview with Frédéric Mégret—Professor of International Law at McGill University and a leading scholar on the relationship between law, violence, and armed conflict—was conducted at a moment when autonomous weapons systems and artificial intelligence have moved from speculative concern to operational reality. As AI-enabled targeting systems proliferate across battlefields from Ukraine to Gaza, and [...]
At a moment when the meaning and vitality of the rule of law are hotly debated, we risk forgetting that the principles we now take for granted were not inevitable—they were fought for, often by individuals whose names have been forgotten. This series profiles the pioneers of rights: people who identified gaps in legal protection [...]
Canada’s federal New Democratic Party (NDP), which has the third-largest membership base in federal politics, is facing controversy in its 2026 leadership race after an unelected three-person vetting committee rejected two successive candidates advancing an explicitly anti-war, anti-capitalist platform. The decision has sparked fierce debate about the boundaries of acceptable political discourse within the country’s [...]
Kenneth Nana Yaw Ofori-Atta’s tenure as Ghana’s Finance Minister from 2017-2024 was marked by ambitious economic reforms, heavy borrowing, and controversial fiscal policies. Initially celebrated for his financial acumen, he later became the target of fierce criticism as Ghana’s debt crisis deepened. By 2025, his reputation was further complicated by corruption charges filed by Ghana’s [...]
This interview with Nigel Biggar—Emeritus Regius Professor of Moral and Pastoral Theology at the University of Oxford and an Anglican priest—was conducted in the aftermath of the twelve-day war between Iran and Israel, at a moment when questions of war, restraint, legality, and moral justification had once again forced themselves into global public consciousness. Experiencing [...]
