Can Catalan Pardons Pave a Way Out of Spain’s Territorial Crisis? Can Catalan Pardons Pave a Way Out of Spain’s Territorial Crisis?
Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez released nine Catalan independence leaders from prison. Is it a step toward a solution?
Jul 8, 2021 / Sebastiaan Faber and Bécquer Seguín
Haiti Has Been Abandoned—by the Media, the US, and the World Haiti Has Been Abandoned—by the Media, the US, and the World
Human rights activist Antoinette Duclaire’s murder is the latest for a country in chaos—where an obsession with elections obscures a complete absence of democracy or accountability...
Jul 6, 2021 / Amy Wilentz
Greta Thunberg: ‘Nature and Physics Are Not Entertained nor Distracted by Your Theater’ Greta Thunberg: ‘Nature and Physics Are Not Entertained nor Distracted by Your Theater’
The Swedish climate activist delivered a blistering speech at the Austrian World Summit, condemning those in power who have continued to brutalize the climate.
Jul 6, 2021 / Mark Hertsgaard
Xinjiang Denialists Are Only Aiding Imperialism Xinjiang Denialists Are Only Aiding Imperialism
Denying China’s oppression of Uighurs helps empire—both China’s and the US’s.
Jul 6, 2021 / Gerald Roche
Gaza Is Still Under Attack—but You Wouldn’t Know It From the Media Gaza Is Still Under Attack—but You Wouldn’t Know It From the Media
A young medical student speaks out about life in the besieged Strip, the persistence of Israeli attacks, and the need for real solidarity.
Jul 6, 2021 / Amal Haddad
Gayatri Spivak: ‘The Subaltern Speaks Through Dying’ Gayatri Spivak: ‘The Subaltern Speaks Through Dying’
A conversation on the educational empowerment of rural poor in India, and the evolution of Spivak's thinking about state and citizen.
Jul 6, 2021 / Books & the Arts / Francis Wade
The US Finds Itself on the Wrong Side of Imran Khan’s Populism The US Finds Itself on the Wrong Side of Imran Khan’s Populism
Widely blamed for mismanaging the economy—and hemorrhaging support since he was elected amid accusations of vote rigging in 2018—Khan seems to believe that running against the US i...
Jul 5, 2021 / Hasan Ali
The True American Patriots Are the Anti-Imperialists The True American Patriots Are the Anti-Imperialists
Two hundred years ago this week, our wisest secretary of state warned Americans against a career of empire.
Jul 2, 2021 / John Nichols