At CPAC Argentina, a Preview of Donald Trump’s Second Term At CPAC Argentina, a Preview of Donald Trump’s Second Term

A far-right international extending from Lara Trump and Steve Bannon to Jair Bolsonaro and Javier Milei joined reactionaries across Europe to promise no safe quarter for the left….

Jacob Sugarman

Joe Biden, Donald Trump, and the Marcos-Duterte Feud Joe Biden, Donald Trump, and the Marcos-Duterte Feud

The clash between the Philippines’s dynastic duo is an entertaining political soap opera. But this spat has the potential to turn violent very fast.

Walden Bello

OF COURSE Joe Biden Was Right to Pardon His Son OF COURSE Joe Biden Was Right to Pardon His Son

People need to stop asking Democrats to play by different rules than Republicans, and they need to stop asking Biden to be a worse father than any of us would be in his place.

Elie Mystal

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The Most Important Thing You Need in Gaza Is a Backpack The Most Important Thing You Need in Gaza Is a Backpack

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Pete Hegseth, Belligerent Drunk, May Be Too Much Even for Trump Pete Hegseth, Belligerent Drunk, May Be Too Much Even for Trump

The Fox News pundit—an alleged sexual assaulter with a drinking problem—has moved into Matt Gaetz territory.

Chris Lehmann

Former US president Donald Trump during a campaign event at Alro Steel in Potterville, Michigan, on August 29, 2024.

Donald Trump’s Second Administration Will Be As Women-Hating as Ever Donald Trump’s Second Administration Will Be As Women-Hating as Ever

“Your body, my choice” is only the beginning.

Rebecca Gordon

Activists for and against trans rights protest outside the Supreme Court Building before the start of the United States v. Skrmetti case on December 4, 2024.

Trans Medicine’s “Merchants of Doubt” Trans Medicine’s “Merchants of Doubt”

There is plenty of uncertainty involved in gender-affirming care—as in most aspects of medicine. But the groups behind the Tennessee ban aren’t driven by science—or patient care.

Joanna Wuest

Books & the Arts

How the Western Literary Canon Made the World Worse

How the Western Literary Canon Made the World Worse How the Western Literary Canon Made the World Worse

A talk with Dionne Brand about her recent book, Salvage, which looks at how the classic texts of Anglo-American fiction helped abet the crimes of capitalism, colonialism, and more…

Books & the Arts / Elias Rodriques

Along the Roads That Built Modern Brazil

Along the Roads That Built Modern Brazil Along the Roads That Built Modern Brazil

José Henrique Bortoluci’s What Is Mine tells the story of his country’s laborers, like his father, who built its infrastructure, and in turn its fractious politics.

Books & the Arts / Jimin Kang

Benin Bronzes at the British Museum.

The Long History of the “Elsewhere Museum” The Long History of the “Elsewhere Museum”

Can the ethnographic museum be reinvented?

Books & the Arts / Farah Abdessamad

World

A Palestinian woman, carrying a backpack, arrives at Salah al-Din Road as the Israeli army forces Palestinian to leave Gaza City on October 22, 2024.

The Most Important Thing You Need in Gaza Is a Backpack The Most Important Thing You Need in Gaza Is a Backpack

Around the world, backpacks represent freedom. But here, they are what we use to carry what’s left of our lives.

Eman Alhaj Ali

People protesting South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol chant slogans as they attend a candlelight rally outside the National Assembly Building, in Seoul, South Korea, on December 4, 2024. Yoon Suk Yeol declared martial law in the late hours of December 3.

South Korean Protesters Thwarted More Than Just a Coup Attempt South Korean Protesters Thwarted More Than Just a Coup Attempt

The uprising against South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol prevented him from seizing dictatorial powers. It may also help avoid a cold war with China.

John Carl Baker

Dr. Oswaldo Aranha, president of the UN General Assembly, shown announcing the assembly’s official adoption of the plan to partition Palestine into independent Arab and Jewish states on November 29. 1947.

The UN Has Generations of Palestinian Blood on Its Hands The UN Has Generations of Palestinian Blood on Its Hands

Though it is often seen as a target of Israeli aggression, the UN has always played a crucial role in the oppression of Palestinians.

Zena Tahhan

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The GOP Push to Deregulate Childcare, One State at a Time

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From Kansas to South Carolina, Republican have come up with a terrifying solution to the childcare crisis: remove some of the basic guardrails ensuring safe, quality care for youn…

Feature / Jackie Mader

Illinois Has Put an End to the Injustice of Cash Bail

Illinois Has Put an End to the Injustice of Cash Bail Illinois Has Put an End to the Injustice of Cash Bail

Amid a national backlash against criminal justice reform, Illinois has achieved something extraordinary. It’s working better than anyone expected.

Feature / Bryce Covert

The Nonstop Gay Sex Party on the Mexico City Subway

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The city’s metro hosts—and authorities unofficially sanction—a queer institution unlike any other.

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