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Sedrine Tunisia

‘Why So Much Cruelty?’ ‘Why So Much Cruelty?’

Tunisia’s Truth and Dignity Commission is unique in the Arab world. But is the country too small a place to tell the truth about human-rights abuses?

Aug 11, 2017 / Ursula Lindsey

Turkish Journalists Trial

Turkey’s Great Terror Turkey’s Great Terror

Recep Erdogan has turned his country into a gulag state, branding millions of citizens as terrorists.

Aug 11, 2017 / Juan Cole

Campus sexual assault

Campus Assault Survivors Deserve Better Than Secretary DeVos Campus Assault Survivors Deserve Better Than Secretary DeVos

Dismissing survivors’ concerns only continues the cycle of abuse on campus, worsening conditions that fuel sexual violence in the first place.

Aug 11, 2017 / StudentNation / Sarah Nesbitt

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The Pentagon Has a Small Coup Problem The Pentagon Has a Small Coup Problem

The Department of Defense has trained more than a hundred foreign militaries that went on to stage coups in their home countries.

Aug 11, 2017 / Nick Turse

How Do I Contain My Rage at the Patriarchy?

How Do I Contain My Rage at the Patriarchy? How Do I Contain My Rage at the Patriarchy?

Another reader asks about love in a time of organizing.

Aug 11, 2017 / Liza Featherstone

Why Donald Trump Needs Muslim Women

Why Donald Trump Needs Muslim Women Why Donald Trump Needs Muslim Women

Liberals and conservatives have used the plight of Muslim women to champion wars—now this idea is being redeployed in a cultural war at home.

Aug 11, 2017 / Feature / Rafia Zakaria

Pence in Georgia

Why Trump Is Beating the War Drum—and How It Could Lead to Disaster Why Trump Is Beating the War Drum—and How It Could Lead to Disaster

It’s sure to win favor among hawks of both parties, while distracting the media and public from his domestic woes—but foreign powers are not backing down.

Aug 10, 2017 / Michael T. Klare

Trump Air Force One

Coming Undone: Frank Rich on How the Trump Presidency Ends Coming Undone: Frank Rich on How the Trump Presidency Ends

Plus Joshua Holland on Trump voters and David Cole on the resistance.

Aug 10, 2017 / Podcast / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener

Bangladesh garment factory

Why ‘Corporate Responsibility’ Campaigns Fail Why ‘Corporate Responsibility’ Campaigns Fail

Despite decades of outrage over sweatshops and slave labor, the problems in the global supply chains remain.

Aug 10, 2017 / Michelle Chen

Anthony Scaramucci

A Conspiracy Theory About Scaramucci A Conspiracy Theory About Scaramucci

It all worked precisely according to plan. This guy Scaramucci was played for a chump. They wanted him there for a week at the most To show there are people more vulgar than Trump.

Aug 10, 2017 / Column / Calvin Trillin

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