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Egypt massacre

Washington again displays its hypocrisy by failing to label the arrest of Egypt’s freely elected president by the military a coup. 

That a popular revolt facilitated Morsi’s ouster is undeniable. But it has also solidified the military’s role as the final arbiter of power in Egypt.

If no one can rule and power-sharing is impossible, what now?

Protests in Brazil

What could have provoked such massive protests against a soccer festival from the sport’s most passionate fans?

PKK stencil

Distrust and distortion occupy the distance between much of Turkey and the Kurds of Diyarbakir. Can they be overcome?

FEMEN activists

Where the group was born, in Ukraine, its naked protests made more sense—but in the Muslim world, the message is getting lost in translation.

Edward Snowden

What a whistleblower thinks a fellow whistleblower might have thought.

Gay rights activist arrested

In Russia, activists struggle against rising homophobia and a government crack down on LGBT rights.

One year after President Mohammed Morsi took office, millions will march across the country on June 30 to demand his removal from office.

President of Taiwan Ma Ying-jeou

The right-wing think tank received big money from Taiwan’s government at the same time that it was churning out policy papers and articles urging US military aid to Taipei.

Blogs

It doesn’t justify a unilateral US attack, but the Syrian government did indeed use poison gas.

October 1, 2013

The Greek government cracks down at last on the neo-Nazi group, which had become more threatening than useful.

September 30, 2013

The new Iranian president, who won big in June’s election, has a mandate to proceed with a deal.

September 29, 2013

This week: the growing viability of wind power, an investigation into fake online reviews, and the shocking treatment of Nepalese workers at the site of the 2022 World Cup.

September 29, 2013

This week: New York City’s employed homeless, the assassination of a leftist Greek rapper and the unintended consequences of urban densification.

September 26, 2013

Vast carnage in Iraq as Syrian spillover threatens to reignite Iraq’s own civil war.

September 26, 2013

A call for regional disarmament in the Middle East would bring scrutiny to Israel’s alleged nuclear weapons supply.

September 26, 2013

President Obama’s speech at the UN reflected extraordinary shifts in global politics and the possibility of a new approach to US-Iran relations.

September 25, 2013

There are plenty of reasons to intervene, including oil, and we’ll do so, says Obama.

September 24, 2013

It’s time to do something about our national gun crisis.

September 23, 2013
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