Who Can Purchase a Gun? Who Can Purchase a Gun?
Lowest bar, highest death toll.
Donald Duck Quacks Again as Chile Elects a New President Donald Duck Quacks Again as Chile Elects a New President
A half-century after it fed the Pinochet regime’s bonfire of heretical books, a celebrated “handbook of decolonization” has new relevance to a country on the brink of a momentous c...
Nov 22, 2021 / Ariel Dorfman
Potential Legislation on China Amounts to a New Cold War Potential Legislation on China Amounts to a New Cold War
The $250 billion "Innovation and Competition Act" leverages industrial policy to ratchet up militarization and potentially instigate global conflict.
Nov 22, 2021 / Aída Chávez
America’s Decline Started at Home America’s Decline Started at Home
When will shifting geopolitics and climate change fully cripple Washington’s current world order?
Nov 22, 2021 / Alfred McCoy
Francia Márquez Mina Confronts Colombia’s “Politics of Death” Francia Márquez Mina Confronts Colombia’s “Politics of Death”
The first Black woman to run for president in Colombia has ignited a movement.
Nov 22, 2021 / Juan Mejia and Olivia Heffernan
Where Is Peng Shuai? And What Is the IOC Going to Do About It? Where Is Peng Shuai? And What Is the IOC Going to Do About It?
With the 2022 Beijing Olympics looming, the IOC’s silence in the case of a missing tennis star who accused a Chinese official of sexual assault speaks volumes.
Nov 20, 2021 / Dave Zirin and Jules Boykoff
The Trap at the Poland–Belarus Border The Trap at the Poland–Belarus Border
Why the Polish ruling party turned a minor border crisis into an “existential threat.”
Nov 19, 2021 / David Ost
The Withering Away of the States Can’t Happen Soon Enough The Withering Away of the States Can’t Happen Soon Enough
It’s time for a new federalism that brings suburbs and central cities together to promote equity, growth, and sustainability.
Nov 19, 2021 / Nathan Newman
The Latest Round of Protests in Cuba Are a Bust—for Now The Latest Round of Protests in Cuba Are a Bust—for Now
But US sanctions and Covid have kept the island in a vise only made worse by a dysfunctional economy and long overdue reforms.
Nov 18, 2021 / Ed Augustin