Regions and Countries

Marines Out

The Toxic Legacy of the US Military in the Pacific The Toxic Legacy of the US Military in the Pacific

A Welsh journalist uncovers a decades-long environmental disaster around US bases in East Asia.

Apr 27, 2021 / Tim Shorrock

President Joe Biden

Biden’s Anti-China Ambitions Biden’s Anti-China Ambitions

Like Trump, Joe Biden is committed to a distinctly anti-China global strategy rooted in fears of American decline.

Apr 24, 2021 / Dilip Hiro

Fashion waste climate change

Greenwashing Fashion Greenwashing Fashion

These days, sustainability is on trend. But the trend cycle of fast fashion isn’t sustainable.

Apr 22, 2021 / Julian Epp

Reema bint Bandar Al Saud

The Saudi Lobby Moves From K Street to Main Street The Saudi Lobby Moves From K Street to Main Street

By enlisting community members across the US to peddle the best version of the Kingdom, the Saudi lobby has given its brand an American-as-apple-pie shine.

Apr 21, 2021 / Benjamin Freeman, Brian Steiner, and Leila Riazi

Chile Farm

Climate Change and Capitalism Are Forcing Chilean Farmers to Abandon Their Land Climate Change and Capitalism Are Forcing Chilean Farmers to Abandon Their Land

Severe drought and a privatized water system have left small growers high and dry.

Apr 21, 2021 / Agostino Petroni and Sandali Handagama

Italy Covid

Letter From Italy Letter From Italy

“It’s as quiet in our street as it was a year ago.”

Apr 21, 2021 / Daisy Cockburn

Migrants at the US-Mexico border

Climate Change Will Force Us to Rethink Migration and Asylum Climate Change Will Force Us to Rethink Migration and Asylum

As climate change accelerates, it will become increasingly untenable to reduce US immigration and asylum policy to a question of border security.

Apr 21, 2021 / Zoë Carpenter

Democractic Republic of Congo soldier

The Bewildering Search for the Islamic State in Congo The Bewildering Search for the Islamic State in Congo

Will a Texas hedge fund drag the US into another dangerous quagmire?

Apr 20, 2021 / Helen C. Epstein

Ted Hui

After ‘the Death of Hong Kong’s Democracy,’ an Ex-Legislator Fights Beijing From Exile After ‘the Death of Hong Kong’s Democracy,’ an Ex-Legislator Fights Beijing From Exile

Ted Hui fled Hong Kong, but he hasn’t given up the struggle.

Apr 20, 2021 / Q&A / Sharline Liu

Obama Raul Castro

Cuba Moves Into the Post-Castro Era Cuba Moves Into the Post-Castro Era

On the 60th anniversary of the Bay of Pigs invasion, many US officials still can’t seem to accept a socialist country “under their very noses.”

Apr 16, 2021 / Peter Kornbluh

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