Religion

Pat Robertson

Pat Robertson’s Genocidal God Has Called Him Home Pat Robertson’s Genocidal God Has Called Him Home

The political preacher who made the religion look bad.

Jun 9, 2023 / Obituary / Jeet Heer

The Right’s Latest Target: No-Fault Divorce

The Right’s Latest Target: No-Fault Divorce The Right’s Latest Target: No-Fault Divorce

Republicans have a new way of sticking their noses in other people’s business.

Jun 8, 2023 / Column / Katha Pollitt

Use of heavy machinery in South Kashmir

Holding G20 Meetings in Kashmir Fuels Ecocide and Advances India’s Occupation Holding G20 Meetings in Kashmir Fuels Ecocide and Advances India’s Occupation

This week India is hosting G20 meetings in Kashmir—normalizing its military occupation of the disputed region while fueling the ongoing ecocide.

May 22, 2023 / Nazish Qureshi

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan speaks to a crowd

Turkish Election Aftershock: Despite Unity on the Left, the Opposition Falls Short Turkish Election Aftershock: Despite Unity on the Left, the Opposition Falls Short

Defying predictions of his political demise, the country's authoritarian president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan came first on Sunday and is now favored to win reelection in the runoff on M...

May 16, 2023 / Kaya Genç

Buenos Aires, in the evening light, circa 1940

Santiago Amigorena’s Novel of the Shoah and Latin America Santiago Amigorena’s Novel of the Shoah and Latin America

In The Ghetto Within, the Argentine novelist considers the dark shadow that the Holocaust has cast not only on Europe but also on Latin America.

May 8, 2023 / Books & the Arts / Ilan Stavans

The Anarchism of the Catholic Worker

The Anarchism of the Catholic Worker The Anarchism of the Catholic Worker

In its 90th year, the radical peace movement is reinvigorating itself by going hyper-local.

May 8, 2023 / Feature / Renée Darline Roden

The Political Aftershock of Turkey’s Devastating Earthquake

The Political Aftershock of Turkey’s Devastating Earthquake The Political Aftershock of Turkey’s Devastating Earthquake

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, who has never let a crisis go to waste, hopes to use money and the need for reconstruction after the quake—not jail sentences—to prevail in this mon...

May 2, 2023 / Feature / Kaya Genç

US President Joe Biden speaks outside St. Muredach's Cathedral in Ballina, County Mayo, Ireland, on Friday, April 14, 2023.

Why Irish Joe Makes British Tories Cry Uncle Sam Why Irish Joe Makes British Tories Cry Uncle Sam

A visit to the Emerald Isle provokes post-Brexit angst in the United Kingdom.

Apr 21, 2023 / Jeet Heer

Donald Trump and Fred Trump in 1987

Donald Trump Sinks to a New Low by Dog-Whistling an Old Racist Tune Donald Trump Sinks to a New Low by Dog-Whistling an Old Racist Tune

Insinuating that special prosecutor Jack Smith changed his name might seem like an odd tactic for someone whose family name was Drumpf—unless you know the history.

Apr 14, 2023 / David Margolick

Boxes of the drug mifepristone

A Zealot Judge Has Ordered a Nationwide Abortion Pill Ban A Zealot Judge Has Ordered a Nationwide Abortion Pill Ban

Texas Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk’s ruling threw the fate of mifepristone into question. The case is likely headed to the Supreme Court within days.

Apr 7, 2023 / Elie Mystal

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