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Wall Street Embraces MBS’s Money Man

Wall Street Embraces MBS’s Money Man Wall Street Embraces MBS’s Money Man

After the assassination of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, business leaders made a show of shunning Saudi Arabia, doing deals only behind closed doors. Now it’s all out in the open.

Nov 25, 2024 / Jonathan Guyer

Republican presidential nominee, former president Donald Trump, takes the stage for his last rally of the election year at Van Andel Arena on November 5, 2024, in Grand Rapids, Michigan.

What Explains Trumpism? What Explains Trumpism?

It’s capitalism, and it’s global.

Nov 25, 2024 / Stephen Crowley

Activists, including one holding a piece of paper with “Pay Up!” written on it, in reference to demands for climate finance for developing countries, arrive to attend the “People’s Plenary on day 10 at the UNFCCC COP29 Climate Conference on November 21, 2024, in Baku, Azerbaijan.

Rich Countries Must Pay Up or Humanity Will Pay the Price Rich Countries Must Pay Up or Humanity Will Pay the Price

The climate activist Lidy Nacpil says the climate bill owed to developing nations is in the “trillions, not billions.”

Nov 25, 2024 / Q&A / Carol Schaeffer

Climate Change Is the Real National Security Threat

Climate Change Is the Real National Security Threat Climate Change Is the Real National Security Threat

In the wake of Hurricanes Helene and Milton, it’s clear we’re defending against the wrong perils.

Nov 25, 2024 / Feature / Michael T. Klare

The Discontents of Michel Houellebecq

The Discontents of Michel Houellebecq The Discontents of Michel Houellebecq

What happened to the French novelist?

Nov 25, 2024 / Books & the Arts / Cole Stangler

How the US Media Helped the Biden Administration Distance Itself From the Horrors of Gaza

How the US Media Helped the Biden Administration Distance Itself From the Horrors of Gaza How the US Media Helped the Biden Administration Distance Itself From the Horrors of Gaza

White House–curated stories of performative outrage and feigned helplessness provided cover for an administration arming death on an industrial scale.

Nov 25, 2024 / Adam Johnson and Othman Ali

Sundays With Noel

Sundays With Noel Sundays With Noel

Noel Parmentel was, according to his former lover and mentee, Joan Didion, the ‘outsider who lived by his ability to manipulate the inside.’

Nov 22, 2024 / Obituary / Richard Lingeman

The Elon Musk Holiday Special

The Elon Musk Holiday Special The Elon Musk Holiday Special

Mourning joke.

Nov 22, 2024

Acting on Climate Change?

Acting on Climate Change? Acting on Climate Change?

The opportunity is melting away.

Nov 22, 2024 / OppArt / Peter Kuper

Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., Sen. Deb Fischer, R-Neb., and Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., participate in the

Democrats Must Do Everything They Can to Block the Dangerous Nonprofit Bill Democrats Must Do Everything They Can to Block the Dangerous Nonprofit Bill

The House passed a bill aimed at giving the government sweeping powers to crush nonprofits and attack supporters of Palestine. Democrats need to stand firmly in its way.

Nov 22, 2024 / Darryl Li

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