Azadeh Shahshahani
The Nation
Atlanta, GA, United States
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Past articles by Azadeh:
Why Human Rights Advocates Won’t Stop Fighting for Freedom in the Philippines
Tyrants can be overthrown by the people. → Read More
The White House's Plan to Stem Migration Protects Corporate Profits—Not People
The plan will only further entrench the reasons people leave. → Read More
After 20 years, it's time to repeal the Patriot Act and begin to dismantle the surveillance state
After 9/11, Congress gave the government unchecked authority to spy on its own people. It's been a disaster → Read More
Afghanistan and Beyond: End U.S. War-Making Everywhere
We need a reinvigorated anti-war movement. → Read More
Repealing the Muslim Ban Is Not Enough. We Need Accountability.
Countless people whose lives were altered by the ban are still waiting for closure. → Read More
Biden Must Do More Than Rejoin the Iran Nuke Deal
We need a decisive break from the previous century of US policy toward Iran, which has been based on domination. → Read More
Voting Trump Out Isn’t Enough — We Must Organize to Build a Better Future
We need strong social movements based in an understanding of race, the South, and the power of collective action. → Read More
ICE's long campaign of silence
Official site of The Week Magazine, offering commentary and analysis of the day's breaking news and current events as well as arts, entertainment, people and gossip, and political cartoons. → Read More
Silence Will Not Protect Us: Immigrants Speak Boldly Despite Threats of Violence [Op-Ed]
Project South’s Azadeh Shahshahani on how the state and White supremacists have united to target immigrant activists—and why it won’t work. → Read More
The people of North Carolina want to talk about their state being used for torture. Do the Democratic candidates?
Will any of the Democratic candidates use the debates tonight and tomorrow to announce plans for countering Islamophobia, white supremacy, and impunity for torture? We hope so — because in the US at the moment, accountability is sorely needed. → Read More
Commentary: How we beat anti-immigrant fervor
In May, Georgia's Republican Gov. Brian Kemp did something surprising. He signed into law legislation that dismantled a state body that allowed anti-immigrant vigilantes to file complaints against local governments → Read More
From Notre Dame to Flint, Our Giving Exposes Who We Are [Op-Ed]
Writer Wei Jia and Project South’s Azadeh Shahshahani explore why the cathedral is being rebuilt by billionaires, but—five years after the water crisis began—Flint still doesn’t have safe water. → Read More
U.S. Out of Everywhere
The case for an immediate withdrawal from Syria, Afghanistan and Iraq. → Read More
The Philippine President Is Waging a Ruthless War on Drugs—And the U.S. Is Complicit
The International People’s Tribunal found that President Rodrigo Duterte is responsible for grave human rights violations. → Read More
Turkish Trial of Lawyers is a Mockery of Justice
After being detained for one year, the court released 17 lawyers held in custody in Turkey, but it was short-lived. Their release was pending on the final outcome of the trial, but within 24 hours of... → Read More
Iran is my home and the US helped destroy it. Now Trump's war hawks want to finish the job.
Enough with the regime change plotting. It is time for the U.S. government to stop intervening in Iran and let Iranians determine their own destiny. → Read More
When Undocumented Youth Are Banned From College, The Entire Nation Fails
Our nation's cruel and unjust laws goes way beyond the border. → Read More
It's Time for Atlanta to Stop Colluding With ICE [OP-ED]
A new report from Project South and Georgia Detention Watch details the “inhumane” conditions inside the Atlanta City Detention Center where Immigration and Customs Enforcement detains immigrants. → Read More
There Is a Coordinated Campaign to Suppress Criticism of Israel
Israel's human rights violations are accompanied by U.S. efforts to stifle dissent. → Read More
Why are for-profit US prisons subjecting detainees to forced labor?
Private prisons have for years enriched themselves by exploiting detained immigrant labor. They must be held accountable → Read More