World
I’m a Teacher in Gaza. My Students Are Barely Hanging On. I’m a Teacher in Gaza. My Students Are Barely Hanging On.
Between grief, trauma, and years spent away from school, the children I teach are facing enormous challenges.
Operation Condor: A Network of Transnational Repression 50 Years Later Operation Condor: A Network of Transnational Repression 50 Years Later
How Condor launched a wave of cross-border assassinations and disappearances in Latin America.
Pete Hegseth Should Be Charged With Murder Pete Hegseth Should Be Charged With Murder
No matter how you look at the strikes on alleged “drug boats”—as acts of war or attacks on civilians—Hegseth has committed a crime and should be prosecuted.
The Gaza Genocide Has Not Ended. It Has Only Changed Its Form. The Gaza Genocide Has Not Ended. It Has Only Changed Its Form.
A real ceasefire would mean opening borders, rebuilding what was destroyed, and allowing life to return. But this is not happening.
World Leaders
Operation Condor: A Network of Transnational Repression 50 Years Later Operation Condor: A Network of Transnational Repression 50 Years Later
How Condor launched a wave of cross-border assassinations and disappearances in Latin America.
Cubans Watch the Escalating US-Venezuelan Crisis Cubans Watch the Escalating US-Venezuelan Crisis
For most people on the island, the threat is just one more worry amid a grueling economic crisis.
A Peace Prize for Trump the Militarist? A Peace Prize for Trump the Militarist?
While he has been more reluctant than some presidents to put US troops in harm’s way, Trump has dismissed checks on his use of military force, saying, “We’re just gonna kill peopl…
Africa
The Price of Silence in Sudan The Price of Silence in Sudan
The United Arab Emirates is arming a militia committing genocide in Darfur. In exchange for US silence, Biden got a Middle East partner, and Trump got cryptocurrency cash.
For America’s Congolese Diaspora, Peace Deals Offer Little Comfort For America’s Congolese Diaspora, Peace Deals Offer Little Comfort
The conflict in the Congo is one of the deadliest crises in the world, but many worry that Trump’s interest in the region emphasizes deals for US investors over lasting peace.
The Other Side of Trump’s Tariffs: Ghana’s Toxic Gold Rush The Other Side of Trump’s Tariffs: Ghana’s Toxic Gold Rush
As gold prices spike across the globe, illegal mining is exploding—and driving the west African country toward ecological collapse.
Asia
Flying While Brown and Bearded Flying While Brown and Bearded
The director of the FBI and the mayor of the largest city in America now look like me. When will TSA stop singling us out?
China Is Now the World’s Climate Champion China Is Now the World’s Climate Champion
The news out of COP30 does not engender much hope, but China’s embrace of renewable energy shows that climate protection makes smart economic sense.
The Campaign to Free Jimmy Lai The Campaign to Free Jimmy Lai
How a globe-trotting attorney is trying to win the release of the famed Hong Kong publisher.
Latin America
Operation Condor: A Network of Transnational Repression 50 Years Later Operation Condor: A Network of Transnational Repression 50 Years Later
How Condor launched a wave of cross-border assassinations and disappearances in Latin America.
Cubans Watch the Escalating US-Venezuelan Crisis Cubans Watch the Escalating US-Venezuelan Crisis
For most people on the island, the threat is just one more worry amid a grueling economic crisis.
Backsliding in Belém Backsliding in Belém
Petrostates at COP30 quash fossil fuel and deforestation phaseouts.
Middle East
I’m a Teacher in Gaza. My Students Are Barely Hanging On. I’m a Teacher in Gaza. My Students Are Barely Hanging On.
Between grief, trauma, and years spent away from school, the children I teach are facing enormous challenges.
The Gaza Genocide Has Not Ended. It Has Only Changed Its Form. The Gaza Genocide Has Not Ended. It Has Only Changed Its Form.
A real ceasefire would mean opening borders, rebuilding what was destroyed, and allowing life to return. But this is not happening.
How Trump Is Using Claims of Antisemitism to End Free Speech How Trump Is Using Claims of Antisemitism to End Free Speech
Trump’s urge to suppress free speech may be about Israel today, but count on one thing: It will be about something else tomorrow.
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Can We Opt Out of Facial Recognition Technology? Can We Opt Out of Facial Recognition Technology?
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The Security Council’s Resolution on Gaza Makes Trump Its New Overlord The Security Council’s Resolution on Gaza Makes Trump Its New Overlord
The resolution is not only a possible violation of UN rules, it also makes the administration directly responsible for Palestinian oppression.
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From prison, the eminent critic of Putin and the war calls for the conflict to end.
Nov 24, 2025 / Boris Kagarlitsky
Congress Should Push Back Against the New US-Saudi Arms Agreement Congress Should Push Back Against the New US-Saudi Arms Agreement
We should not let a few business deals, however lucrative, tie America to a regime that is more likely to entangle America in a new Middle East conflict.
Nov 24, 2025 / William D. Hartung