![Colombian President Gustavo Petro looks on before the 2024 Colombia Independence Day Parade on July 20, 2024, in Bogotá.](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/gustavo-petro-colombia-getty.jpg)
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 / Highlights / Gabriel Hetland
![Indian policemen stand guard as Kashmiri Pandits participate in a procession to mark the Ramnavmi festival on April 17, 2024, in Srinagar, Kashmir.](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/GettyImages-2147874452.jpg)
To Understand India, Listen to the Pandits of Kashmir To Understand India, Listen to the Pandits of Kashmir
They have been lionized, targeted, exploited, and oppressed for decades. And they have stories to tell.
Aug 15, 2024 / Nevin Kallepalli
![US Army Lt. William Calley leaves military court with civilian attorney George Latimer and military attorney Maj. Kenneth Raby at the conclusion of several days of pre-trial hearings. Calley is on trial for his role in the My Lai massacre during the Vietnam War.](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/calleytrial2.jpg)
Let Us Not Praise Infamous Men Let Us Not Praise Infamous Men
Or: One morning in the war.
Aug 15, 2024 / Peter Davis
![Kamala Harris arrives at Philadelphia International Airport on August 6, 2024.](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/GettyImages-2165094213-1.jpg)
Democrats Need to Stop Trashing Palestinian Voters if They Want to Win Democrats Need to Stop Trashing Palestinian Voters if They Want to Win
Palestinian Americans have learned that the Democratic Party will bomb your homeland, kill your family, use your own money to do it, and still expect your vote.
Aug 14, 2024 / Layla Saliba
![Jibril Rajoub, head of the Palestine Olympic committee, sits for an interview in Paris on July 27, 2024.](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/jibril-mahmoud-getty.jpg)
The Man Using Sports to Fight Israeli War Crimes The Man Using Sports to Fight Israeli War Crimes
Jibril Rajoub, the head of the Palestine Olympic Committee, says sports can be a nonviolent tool to resist occupation.
Aug 13, 2024 / Dave Zirin and Jules Boykoff
![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.](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/trump_rally_august3.jpg)
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
![Photo of a historical inscription in the Remterkeller of Halberstadt Cathedral.](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/halberstadt.jpg)
Their Atrocities—and Ours: Thinking About the Wrong Side of History Their Atrocities—and Ours: Thinking About the Wrong Side of History
Can a cause still be just, even if atrocities have been committed on its behalf?
Aug 12, 2024 / Comment / Bruce Robbins
![NBC News' Raf Sanchez embeds with the Israeli military to travel into the Gaza Strip.](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/journos-gaza.jpeg)
The Rotten Partnership Between the US Media and the Israeli Military The Rotten Partnership Between the US Media and the Israeli Military
Even as their colleagues in Gaza are deliberately massacred, Western journalists continue to play along with the IDF.
Aug 12, 2024 / Séamus Malekafzali
![Former US president Donald Trump greets US Senator and vice presidential nominee J.D. Vance as they attend their first campaign rally together.](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/GettyImages-2162204589-scaled.jpg)
Why JD Vance Is Unpopular and Project 2025 Has Gone Underground Why JD Vance Is Unpopular and Project 2025 Has Gone Underground
The Heritage Foundation’s attempt to produce an intellectual and wonkish Trumpism turns off voters.
Aug 9, 2024 / Jeet Heer
![South Sudan War](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/south-sudan-bullets-foltyn_img.jpg)
The War in Sudan Is Causing Mass Starvation The War in Sudan Is Causing Mass Starvation
If we don’t start paying a lot more attention to it soon—as in right now—it’s going to be too late.
Aug 9, 2024 / Stan Cox and Priti Gulati Cox