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Boris Johnson

Democrats Need to Learn From Boris Johnson’s Success, Not Jeremy Corbyn’s Failure Democrats Need to Learn From Boris Johnson’s Success, Not Jeremy Corbyn’s Failure

The party has drawn the wrong lessons from the recent UK election and ignores the truth at its collective peril.

Mar 4, 2020 / Marshall Auerback

Shahbaz Bhatti’s Murder Cannot Remain Uninvestigated

Shahbaz Bhatti’s Murder Cannot Remain Uninvestigated Shahbaz Bhatti’s Murder Cannot Remain Uninvestigated

Nine years after his assassination, it’s time to renew calls for an investigation into his death.

Mar 4, 2020 / Helen Haft

The Protests That Made and Unmade Japan’s Postwar Left

The Protests That Made and Unmade Japan’s Postwar Left The Protests That Made and Unmade Japan’s Postwar Left

The demonstrations against the Anpo treaty remain the largest protest movement in Japanese history and yet their defeat cleared the path for decades of conservative rule.

Mar 3, 2020 / Books & the Arts / Colin Jones

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What Does Hollywood Lose When It Works With China? What Does Hollywood Lose When It Works With China?

They may fight over censorship and trade, but the biggest players all want the same thing: movies that make as much money as possible.

Mar 3, 2020 / Phoebe Chen

Omar Rezika and Hunnan Butt kneel before a game against Yeshiva University.

Athletes Take a Knee Against Israel’s Occupation Athletes Take a Knee Against Israel’s Occupation

Two volleyball players at Brooklyn College are facing a torrent of abuse for protesting during the Israeli national anthem.

Feb 28, 2020 / Dave Zirin

Richard Rorty waiting to speak, wearing glasses and a suit.

Reading Richard Rorty in Tehran Reading Richard Rorty in Tehran

What the American philosopher’s visit to Tehran in 2004 can teach us about Iranian society—and our own.

Feb 28, 2020 / Samuel Thrope

Toronto protest

Indigenous Rights Are Trudeau’s Last Priority Indigenous Rights Are Trudeau’s Last Priority

When pipeline protesters shut down Canada’s railways, the prime minister stopped pretending to care about reconciliation.

Feb 27, 2020 / Robert Jago

Middle East Piece

Middle East Piece Middle East Piece

The US plan undermines Palestinians’ future.

Feb 25, 2020 / OppArt / Mohammad Sabaaneh

Student protestors

Hong Kong Is Still Waiting for Its Feminist Uprising Hong Kong Is Still Waiting for Its Feminist Uprising

Women and girls in the ongoing protest movement are up against a deeply unequal society.

Feb 25, 2020 / Jessie Lau

Germany Struggles to Respond to Racist Mass Murder

Germany Struggles to Respond to Racist Mass Murder Germany Struggles to Respond to Racist Mass Murder

Is it any wonder, when radical right ideas are no longer confined to the margins, but have become normalized?

Feb 21, 2020 / Jordan Stancil

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