Regions and Countries

People protesting South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol chant slogans as they attend a candlelight rally outside the National Assembly Building, in Seoul, South Korea, on December 4, 2024. Yoon Suk Yeol declared martial law in the late hours of December 3.

South Korean Protesters Thwarted More Than Just a Coup Attempt South Korean Protesters Thwarted More Than Just a Coup Attempt

The uprising against South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol prevented him from seizing dictatorial powers. It may also help avoid a cold war with China.

Dec 4, 2024 / John Carl Baker

Protesters holding Georgian and European flags clash with police during a demonstration against the government's decision to delay European Union membership talks amid a postelection crisis, in Tbilisi, early on December 1, 2024.

Protests Engulf Georgia Protests Engulf Georgia

The political crisis is escalating.

Dec 4, 2024 / Vadim Nikitin

Dr. Oswaldo Aranha, president of the UN General Assembly, shown announcing the assembly’s official adoption of the plan to partition Palestine into independent Arab and Jewish states on November 29. 1947.

The UN Has Generations of Palestinian Blood on Its Hands The UN Has Generations of Palestinian Blood on Its Hands

Though it is often seen as a target of Israeli aggression, the UN has always played a crucial role in the oppression of Palestinians.

Dec 3, 2024 / Zena Tahhan

Palestine solidarity activists call for a ceasefire in front of the White House in Washington, DC, on November 17, 2023.

For Those Who Know They Have Not Done Enough to Stop Israel’s War on Gaza For Those Who Know They Have Not Done Enough to Stop Israel’s War on Gaza

It is shamefully easy to keep going about one’s life while Israel continues its onslaught on Gaza with full US support—and it’s absolutely essential to resist that impulse.

Dec 3, 2024 / Haggai Matar

Islamabad PTI protest

A State Crackdown in Pakistan Threatens Continuing Unrest A State Crackdown in Pakistan Threatens Continuing Unrest

Protesters in support of Imran Khan’s PTI party were met with obstruction and violence, leading to mounting public outrage.

Dec 2, 2024 / Hasan Ali

Demonstrators in London, England, take part in a rally on November 19, 2024, to mark 1,000 days since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

How the War in Ukraine Has Been a Major Contributor to Global Inflation How the War in Ukraine Has Been a Major Contributor to Global Inflation

And it has been a strategic boon to the far right at home and abroad.

Dec 2, 2024 / Branko Marcetic

The Nonstop Gay Sex Party on the Mexico City Subway

The Nonstop Gay Sex Party on the Mexico City Subway The Nonstop Gay Sex Party on the Mexico City Subway

The city’s metro hosts—and authorities unofficially sanction—a queer institution unlike any other.

Dec 2, 2024 / Feature / A.W. Strouse

The poet Ghayath Almadhoun reads from “N-O-T M-Y P-O-E-M-S” at the DAAD Gallery on February 19, 2020, in Berlin, Germany.

The Exiled Palestinian Poet Fighting Censorship in Democracies The Exiled Palestinian Poet Fighting Censorship in Democracies

Ghayath Almadhoun had a poetry event in Berlin canceled simply because he’s Palestinian. At least 200 more artists have been silenced over Palestine in Germany since.

Nov 29, 2024 / Ghayath Almadhoun

Black and white photo of people waving to a train.

America Has Done Mass Deportation Before America Has Done Mass Deportation Before

From the Indian Removal Act of 1830 to the deportation of Mexican Americans during the Great Depression, Trump can easily find precedents for his policy. None of them ended well.

Nov 25, 2024 / Eric Foner

Wall Street Embraces MBS’s Money Man

Wall Street Embraces MBS’s Money Man Wall Street Embraces MBS’s Money Man

After the assassination of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, business leaders made a show of shunning Saudi Arabia, doing deals only behind closed doors. Now it’s all out in the open.

Nov 25, 2024 / Jonathan Guyer

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