Regions and Countries

Cattle herd seen at the Amazonia rainforest in Brazil

The Planetary Stakes of the Brazilian Election The Planetary Stakes of the Brazilian Election

If Jair Bolsonaro remains in power—legally or illegally—his government will sabotage the global campaign to slow climate change.

Sep 9, 2022 / James North

The Far Right Has Already Had an Impact on Sweden’s Elections

The Far Right Has Already Had an Impact on Sweden’s Elections The Far Right Has Already Had an Impact on Sweden’s Elections

With voting on September 11, the country’s center parties still have the power to freeze out the far-right Sweden Democrats. But will they use it?

Sep 8, 2022 / Linda Mannheim

Queen Elizabeth shakes hands with newly elected leader of the Conservative party Liz Truss in an opulent room in Balmoral Castle.

Meet Liz Truss, Britain’s New Conservative Prime Minister Meet Liz Truss, Britain’s New Conservative Prime Minister

With the Labour Party tacking toward the center, the role of actually opposing this new Thatcher wannabe has fallen on an increasingly militant, confident, articulate, and strategi...

Sep 6, 2022 / Gary Younge

Now Is the Time for Democrats to Ban Dark Money From Primaries

Now Is the Time for Democrats to Ban Dark Money From Primaries Now Is the Time for Democrats to Ban Dark Money From Primaries

Before the party chokes to death on its own corruption. Next week the Democratic National Committee will vote on a crucial resolution to break the hold of wealthy donors and secret...

Sep 2, 2022 / Robert L. Borosage

Pakistan flood

Pakistan’s Floods Are a Wind From the West Pakistan’s Floods Are a Wind From the West

The devastating natural disaster could be just an early glimpse of the consequences of industrialization in the Global North.

Sep 2, 2022 / Hasan Ali

Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev

Gorbachev’s Legacy Gorbachev’s Legacy

A great reformer in his country’s tormented history.

Aug 31, 2022 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Golf’s Sportswashing of Saudi Arabia

Golf’s Sportswashing of Saudi Arabia Golf’s Sportswashing of Saudi Arabia

Not since the 1936 Berlin Olympics was used to cosmeticize Nazi Germany’s atrocities have sports and an otherwise despised government collaborated so blatantly.

Aug 25, 2022 / Robert Lipsyte

Havana, Cuba.

Can Cuba’s Past Help Us Understand Its Future? Can Cuba’s Past Help Us Understand Its Future?

Ada Ferrer’s Cuba offers a capacious and wide-ranging history of the country’s centuries-old struggle to liberate itself from empire and economic upheaval.

Aug 24, 2022 / Books & the Arts / Ed Morales

Guatemalan journalist Jose Ruben Zamora, president of the newspaper elPeriódico, looks out from inside a vehicle after being arrested

Guatemala’s War on Truth Guatemala’s War on Truth

The arrest of Guatemalan journalist José Rubén Zamora shines a spotlight on the country’s attacks on journalists. Would US intervention make the situation any better?

Aug 23, 2022 / Feature / María Inés Taracena

A fossil fuel refinery in Russia.

Will Europe Fracture Over the War With Ukraine? Will Europe Fracture Over the War With Ukraine?

As winter looms, double-digit inflation and energy costs will test unity.

Aug 23, 2022 / Mary Dejevsky

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