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Peter Kornbluh on Obama and Cuba, Salamishah Tillet on boycotting marriage, George Zornick on Eric Griego v. Wall Street crooks, plus a new project on poverty by Barbara Ehrenreich and the Institute for Policy Studies.

In 2002 Washington deported an innocent man to Syria, where he was tortured. Why can’t we apologize?

A planet connected by wild weather.

Two decades ago, nearly one-sixth of the population was forcibly expelled. How did King Wangchuck escape any real censure?

Costly technologies have opened up new sources in the Western Hemisphere—but they pose immense environmental dangers.

American decline in perspective, part two.

The brash webzine +972 is challenging a political and media culture that has moved steadily to the right.

Why the fossil fuel industry fights so hard.

Time to stop being cynical about corporate money in politics and start being angry.

The newest UN agency, once hailed as the best hope for action on women’s rights, fell short of money and power this year.