Africa Is Not Waiting to Be Saved From the Coronavirus Africa Is Not Waiting to Be Saved From the Coronavirus
If reporting doesn’t improve, the creativity and agency of swaths of humanity will be lost to history.
May 11, 2020 / Nanjala Nyabola
The Racial Politics of ‘Return’ The Racial Politics of ‘Return’
Tourism initiatives in Ghana and beyond leave out black people without the economic means to travel.
Apr 10, 2020 / Edna Bonhomme
Trump’s Crisis Mismanagement Trump’s Crisis Mismanagement
He's denying and blaming, lying and backtracking, and declaring victory as thousands are dying. Is that the American Way?
Apr 7, 2020 / Tom Tomorrow
Afghans Imagine a Future of Lasting Peace Afghans Imagine a Future of Lasting Peace
The US-Taliban peace agreement has seeded hope for Afghans living in a Kabul-based internally displaced peoples camp.
Mar 11, 2020 / Mohammed Harun Arsalai and Mohsin Khan Momand
Would the Draft Help End America’s Endless Wars? Would the Draft Help End America’s Endless Wars?
While most Americans love the military, they also have no experience with it.
Mar 11, 2020 / Nan Levinson
Is This the End of Rojava? Is This the End of Rojava?
The Kurdish region of northeast Syria was autonomous for seven years, but had to ask the Syrian government for protection after an invasion by Turkey.
Feb 18, 2020 / Mireille Court and Chris Den Hond
Iraqis Want Iran and the US Out Iraqis Want Iran and the US Out
The US and Iran have de facto collaborated in and over Iraq for decades. Iraqis are now protesting against both.
Feb 12, 2020 / Gilbert Achcar
The 2010s Were a Decade of Imperial Overreach. Trump Is Making It Worse. The 2010s Were a Decade of Imperial Overreach. Trump Is Making It Worse.
Historically, such an approach does not end well, and there is ample evidence that Trump’s foreign policy is failing nearly everywhere.
Jan 7, 2020 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
We Have Just Been Handed the Pentagon Papers of Our Generation We Have Just Been Handed the Pentagon Papers of Our Generation
The Afghanistan Papers are a devastating indictment of our military and political leaders. The question is: Will anyone notice?
Dec 13, 2019 / Danny Sjursen
Military Officials Sent Us to Fight, Kill, and Die in an Unwinnable War Military Officials Sent Us to Fight, Kill, and Die in an Unwinnable War
The Washington Post’s Afghanistan Papers framed in stark terms the incompetence and immorality of the officials under whom I served.
Dec 12, 2019 / Maggie Seymour