World

Chris Murphy Senate Filibuster

These Senators Want to Stop Terrorists From Buying Guns (Unless They Use Craigslist) These Senators Want to Stop Terrorists From Buying Guns (Unless They Use Craigslist)

What’s the point of adding suspected terrorists to no-buy lists if background checks are still easily avoided?

Jun 20, 2016 / George Zornick

American Muslim Community Center

I Would Have Told Him to Love Himself I Would Have Told Him to Love Himself

Thoughts on being queer and Muslim in the wake of Omar Mateen’s massacre.

Jun 20, 2016 / HXA

Magnitsky Documentary

By Screening ‘The Magnitsky Act,’ the Newseum Stood Up for the First Amendment By Screening ‘The Magnitsky Act,’ the Newseum Stood Up for the First Amendment

Should ultra-wealthy foreign nationals be able to transform their personal vendettas against foreign governments into law?

Jun 20, 2016 / James Carden

Jo Cox memorial

An Assassination in Britain Calls Us to Recognize Our Duty to Keep Barbarism at Bay in America An Assassination in Britain Calls Us to Recognize Our Duty to Keep Barbarism at Bay in America

It is time to recognize that “divisive hate-mongering is seeping into the mainstream,” and that a toxic politics threatens not just civility but democracy.

Jun 17, 2016 / John Nichols

Mexico City education

Why Are Mexican Teachers Being Jailed for Protesting Education Reform? Why Are Mexican Teachers Being Jailed for Protesting Education Reform?

They’re peacefully resisting US-style neoliberal measures intended to crush the unions—a backbone of Mexico’s social-justice movements.

Jun 17, 2016 / David Bacon

Batley and Spen MP Jo Cox

With MP Jo Cox’s Murder, Britain’s Campaign to Leave the EU Turns Toxic With MP Jo Cox’s Murder, Britain’s Campaign to Leave the EU Turns Toxic

The demons of xenophobia, resentment, and rage unleashed by Brexit informed the killer’s act.

Jun 17, 2016 / Maria Margaronis

The Pentagon in Washington

The Pentagon’s Real Strategy The Pentagon’s Real Strategy

Victory is assured on the military’s main battlefield—Washington.

Jun 16, 2016 / Andrew Cockburn

Trump Speaks on Orlando Shooting

What Trump’s and Clinton’s Reactions to Orlando Tell Us About Their Foreign Policies What Trump’s and Clinton’s Reactions to Orlando Tell Us About Their Foreign Policies

If Clinton follows a long line of liberal hawks, Trump would return us to the unilateral approach to world affairs practiced by George W. Bush.

Jun 16, 2016 / James Carden

UKIP Demonstrators

The Brits Battle Over Brexit The Brits Battle Over Brexit

Next week’s referendum on whether to leave the EU is an issue that cuts across traditional lines of ideology or party loyalty.

Jun 16, 2016 / D.D. Guttenplan

Bad Intelligence

Bad Intelligence Bad Intelligence

David Price’s long battle against anthropology’s collaborations with the national-security state.

Jun 16, 2016 / Books & the Arts / Peter C. Baker

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