World

Trump and Kim in Vietnam

The Trump-Kim Talks Ended Abruptly—but Negotiations Will Continue The Trump-Kim Talks Ended Abruptly—but Negotiations Will Continue

There was no historic agreement, but even the hawk Mike Pompeo admitted the two sides made “real progress.”

Feb 28, 2019 / Tim Shorrock and Kathleen Ok-soo Richards

Venezuelan Crisis

Trump’s Other ‘National Emergency’: Sanctions That Kill Venezuelans Trump’s Other ‘National Emergency’: Sanctions That Kill Venezuelans

The humanitarian crisis will get rapidly worse if the most recent sanctions continue.

Feb 28, 2019 / Mark Weisbrot

Philippines Senator Leila de Lima

Not Even Prison Walls Can Silence Duterte’s Nemesis Not Even Prison Walls Can Silence Duterte’s Nemesis

Amid a crackdown on independent media, the defiant Philippine Senator Leila de Lima enters her third year as a political prisoner.

Feb 27, 2019 / Walden Bello

Allende and Maduro

Salvador Allende le ofrece una salida a Maduro Salvador Allende le ofrece una salida a Maduro

El fallecido presidente chileno comparte algunos consejos desde más allá de la tumba.  

Feb 27, 2019 / Ariel Dorfman

Boy watches airstrike Yemen

1 in 5 Children Live in a War Zone 1 in 5 Children Live in a War Zone

And that number has only risen in the past few years.

Feb 26, 2019 / Michelle Chen

Raphael Glucksmann

Place Publique: The ‘Orphans’ of the French Left Place Publique: The ‘Orphans’ of the French Left

A new direct democracy movement hopes to reconstitute France’s left parties around a European Green New Deal—but voters are still skeptical.

Feb 26, 2019 / Colin Kinniburgh

Israeli Extremists

Israeli Extremists Are Making a Comeback—With the Help of US Tax Dollars Israeli Extremists Are Making a Comeback—With the Help of US Tax Dollars

American nonprofits have funneled money to Meir Kahane’s followers, who now have a chance to enter the Knesset.

Feb 26, 2019 / Mairav Zonszein

US Navy Pacific Ocean

Shrinking the Military-Industrial Complex by Putting It to Work at Home Shrinking the Military-Industrial Complex by Putting It to Work at Home

It’s not a pipe dream.

Feb 26, 2019 / Feature / Peter-Christian Aigner and Michael Brenes

Tom Tomorrow cartoon

Trump’s Time-Travel Adventure Trump’s Time-Travel Adventure

One man’s incompetence is another man’s principled discipline.

Feb 26, 2019 / Tom Tomorrow

Maduro

Gen. Simón Bolívar, Latin America’s Liberator, Has Advice for the US Military Gen. Simón Bolívar, Latin America’s Liberator, Has Advice for the US Military

Trump may be an awful president, but the military has no more right to overthrow him in a coup than he does to overthrow Maduro.

Feb 25, 2019 / Ariel Dorfman

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