Regions and Countries

Kenyan health workers

Vaccine Nationalism Is Patently Unjust Vaccine Nationalism Is Patently Unjust

Poor countries are paying more for the doses that remain after rich countries have had their fill.

Mar 22, 2021 / Nanjala Nyabola

Sign Stop Asian Hate

Anti-Asian Violence in America Is Rooted in US Empire Anti-Asian Violence in America Is Rooted in US Empire

If we are to stop anti-Asian hatred in the United States, we must recognize how US foreign policy perpetuates it.

Mar 19, 2021 / Christine Ahn, Terry K Park, Kathleen Richards for The Nation

Having a Bad Day

Having a Bad Day Having a Bad Day

Do you hear something? Scenes from our series “The Greater Quiet” for the week of March 15.

Mar 19, 2021 / Steve Brodner

‘Shall I Take You Back to War? You Know Exactly What War Means.’

‘Shall I Take You Back to War? You Know Exactly What War Means.’ ‘Shall I Take You Back to War? You Know Exactly What War Means.’

Yemen was historically called Arabia Felix (Happy Arabia). Today the United Nations calls it the worst humanitarian crisis in the world.

Mar 18, 2021 / Radhya Almutawakel

Asam Ahmad garden

Awaiting a Second Spring, and the Growth of Living Things Awaiting a Second Spring, and the Growth of Living Things

On gardens, fellow feeling, and whether “we’re all in this together” shall transcend cliché, on the cusp of another surreal spring.

Mar 17, 2021 / Asam Ahmad

Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva,

The Return of Lula The Return of Lula

The restoration of political rights to Brazil’s leftist former president makes him a front-runner for the elections in 2022—and has already upended the country’s politics.

Mar 17, 2021 / Natália Scarabotto

Biden’s Foreign Policy Team Can’t Handle New Threats With Old Strategies

Biden’s Foreign Policy Team Can’t Handle New Threats With Old Strategies Biden’s Foreign Policy Team Can’t Handle New Threats With Old Strategies

How can the United States focus on new threats while sustaining endless wars and obsolete postures?

Mar 16, 2021 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Palestine protest

Protecting Pro-Palestine Activists Can Feel Almost Impossible—but These Students Succeeded Protecting Pro-Palestine Activists Can Feel Almost Impossible—but These Students Succeeded

When a lawyer tried to force UCLA’s Students for Justice in Palestine to publicize the names of their speakers at a 2018 conference, the students fought back. And won.

Mar 16, 2021 / StudentNation / Lex McMenamin

Communist Party Congress

Cold War Nostalgia Fuels a Dangerous New Anti-China Consensus Cold War Nostalgia Fuels a Dangerous New Anti-China Consensus

It is folly to use China as a bogeyman to help unite America and revive NATO.

Mar 15, 2021 / Jeet Heer

Chinese and Djiboutian national flags

The Rise of the East Will Not End the Empire of the West The Rise of the East Will Not End the Empire of the West

China has no interest in destroying the system on which its success was built.

Mar 12, 2021 / Kehinde Andrews

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