Nikki Haley Has Decided That Trumpism Is the Future Nikki Haley Has Decided That Trumpism Is the Future
From Trump skeptic to Trump cheerleader, the former UN ambassador has followed the trajectory of the GOP.
Nov 11, 2019 / Jeet Heer
The Trump Administration Is Undercutting Democracy in Bolivia The Trump Administration Is Undercutting Democracy in Bolivia
Will the US and the Organization of American States once again be able to overturn election results?
Nov 8, 2019 / Mark Weisbrot
South Koreans Are Pleading for a Breakthrough in the US–North Korea Talks South Koreans Are Pleading for a Breakthrough in the US–North Korea Talks
“We are on the cusp of a dangerous time,” a peace delegation declared at the UN.
Nov 7, 2019 / Tim Shorrock
Inconvenient Truths Inconvenient Truths
Alarming things we have learned under Trump, but not always about him.
Nov 6, 2019 / Stephen F. Cohen
Pro-Brexit Sentiment Is Still Strong in a Region That Stands to Lose the Most From It Pro-Brexit Sentiment Is Still Strong in a Region That Stands to Lose the Most From It
In Sunderland, which has borne austerity cuts on top of the ravages of a neoliberal economy, this is one more issue on which people’s voices aren’t being heard.
Nov 6, 2019 / Rachel Shabi
Trump Escalates His Assault on the Right to Travel Trump Escalates His Assault on the Right to Travel
Last week, in a blow that hits Cuban Americans particularly hard, the administration canceled all commercial air service to regional Cuban airports.
Nov 1, 2019 / Peter Kornbluh
The Promise of Pan-Africanism The Promise of Pan-Africanism
As much as it was an organized movement, Pan-Africanism was an ideal, culture, and lived experience that helped galvanize generations into action.
Oct 29, 2019 / Books & the Arts / Adom Getachew
Democrats Shouldn’t Let Trump’s Problems Turn Them Into the Party of War Democrats Shouldn’t Let Trump’s Problems Turn Them Into the Party of War
The danger in criticizing the president’s policies is that it could revive an interventionist temper on the left.
Oct 22, 2019 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Spain’s Catalonia Crisis Just Got a Lot Worse Spain’s Catalonia Crisis Just Got a Lot Worse
Massive peaceful protests, along with days of violent clashes, demonstrate that the fight over this region’s independence movement affects the entire country and is far from over.
Oct 21, 2019 / Sebastiaan Faber and Bécquer Seguín
Johnson Tries to Throw the UK Under the Bus; Parliament Balks—for Now Johnson Tries to Throw the UK Under the Bus; Parliament Balks—for Now
The hope for those who oppose his awful Brexit deal is that the number of supporters will collapse once the legislation comes into contact with reality.
Oct 21, 2019 / Rachel Shabi