World Leaders

“Every Day I Think It Could Not Get Worse”

“Every Day I Think It Could Not Get Worse” “Every Day I Think It Could Not Get Worse”

“But it does.”

Aug 16, 2024 / Steve Brodner

Dozens of journalists protest, holding press badges and pictures of their colleagues Al Jazeera reporter Ismail al-Ghoul and cameraman Rami al-Rifi who lost their lives on duty in Gaza City, Gaza on August 01, 2024.

More Than 100 Journalists Come Together With Their Fellow Journalists in Palestine and Against US Complicity in Their Killing More Than 100 Journalists Come Together With Their Fellow Journalists in Palestine and Against US Complicity in Their Killing

A coalition has sent a letter to Secretary of State Antony Blinken calling on the US to impose an arms embargo immediately.

Aug 16, 2024 / Chip Gibbons and Nathan Fuller

Ukrainian servicemen operate a Soviet-made T-72 tank in the Sumy region, near the border with Russia, on August 12, 2024, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

Dispatch: From the Hostage Swap to the Kursk Incursion Dispatch: From the Hostage Swap to the Kursk Incursion

Where does it lead?

Aug 16, 2024 / Vadim Nikitin

Colombian President Gustavo Petro looks on before the 2024 Colombia Independence Day Parade on July 20, 2024, in Bogotá.

It’s Hard to Be a Leftist Leader in Colombia It’s Hard to Be a Leftist Leader in Colombia

Since taking office in August 2022, Colombia’s President Gustavo Petro has pursued an ambitious agenda—with mixed results.

Aug 15, 2024 / Gabriel Hetland

Republican presidential nominee former president Donald Trump holds an artwork of the assassination attempt, which he signed for the artist, during a campaign rally at the Georgia State University Convocation Center on August 3, in Atlanta.

Why Donald Trump Can’t Let Go of Joe Biden Why Donald Trump Can’t Let Go of Joe Biden

The former president is caught in a nostalgia trap of his own making.

Aug 12, 2024 / Jeet Heer

Bibi

Bibi Bibi

Banned.

Aug 9, 2024 / OppArt / McClain Moore

Kamala Harris looking at Joe Biden

Joe Biden’s Lame-Duck Foreign Policy Is a Threat to Kamala Harris—and the World Joe Biden’s Lame-Duck Foreign Policy Is a Threat to Kamala Harris—and the World

A lame-duck president averse to diplomacy poses grave dangers at home and abroad.

Aug 5, 2024 / Jeet Heer

The International Court of Justice begins presenting its advisory rule regarding legal consequences arising from policies, practices of Israel in Occupied Palestinian Territory on July 19, 2024, in The Hague, Netherlands.

International Law Strikes Back International Law Strikes Back

The World Court’s ruling that Israel’s occupation of Palestinian territory is illegal rewards growing judicial activism by states of the Global South.

Aug 5, 2024 / Reed Brody

Donald Trump sitting on stage at a panel in front of American flag

Donald Trump’s Divide-and-Conquer Scheme for Black America Donald Trump’s Divide-and-Conquer Scheme for Black America

The twisted political agenda behind smearing Kamala Harris as a political and racial chameleon.

Aug 2, 2024 / Jeet Heer

US Senator Bob Menendez (D-NJ) exits Manhattan federal court on July 16, 2024, in New York City.

Senator Robert Menendez and the Corruption of Cuba Policy Senator Robert Menendez and the Corruption of Cuba Policy

His retirement may bode well for US-Cuba relations—if Kamala Harris can retire Trump.

Aug 2, 2024 / William M. LeoGrande and Peter Kornbluh

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