Will Catalonia Secede From Spain? Will Catalonia Secede From Spain?
Catalans are fed up with Madrid’s austerity and corruption—making November’s referendum nonbinding has only postponed the confrontation.
Oct 21, 2014 / Feature / Andy Robinson
‘With This Madness, What Art Could There Be?’ ‘With This Madness, What Art Could There Be?’
An Armenian-American writer asks if the Armenian obsession with genocide recognition is worth its emotional and psychological price.
Oct 21, 2014 / Books & the Arts / Meline Toumani
‘If I Were Dictator’: Writers in the ’30s Plot for a Better World ‘If I Were Dictator’: Writers in the ’30s Plot for a Better World
A forerunner of The Guardian’s current series, “King or Queen for a Day.”
Oct 21, 2014 / Back Issues and Richard Kreitner
Arming Ukraine Is a Very Bad Idea Arming Ukraine Is a Very Bad Idea
Senators Carl Levin and James Inhofe’s call to send weapons into a war zone is a transparent ploy to provoke Russia.
Oct 21, 2014 / James Carden
Will the US Go to War Against Ebola? Will the US Go to War Against Ebola?
Countering Ebola will require a whole new set of protections and priorities, which should emerge from the medical and public health communities—not the national security state.
Oct 21, 2014 / Karen J. Greenberg
Venezuela at the UN, Washington At Bay Venezuela at the UN, Washington At Bay
The US tried to block Venezuela from the United Nations Security Council, and failed.
Oct 20, 2014 / Greg Grandin
Are We in a Golden Age of Spying? A Q&A With Laura Poitras Are We in a Golden Age of Spying? A Q&A With Laura Poitras
The filmmaker behind the new Citizenfour talks about Snowden, the NSA and her dangerous pen.
Oct 20, 2014 / Tom Engelhardt
Why We Need International Recognition of the State of Palestine Why We Need International Recognition of the State of Palestine
After two decades of sham negotiations, it’s the best way to put pressure on Israel to end the occupation.
Oct 17, 2014 / Mustafa Barghouti
Shep Smith Slams Fellow Foxers for Fanning Fear of Ebola Shep Smith Slams Fellow Foxers for Fanning Fear of Ebola
Fox needs Shep’s anti-Fox narrative now more than ever.
Oct 16, 2014 / Leslie Savan
What’s Next for Ukraine, Now That Putin Holds All the Cards? What’s Next for Ukraine, Now That Putin Holds All the Cards?
The only thing Poroshenko has going for him is that Putin wants him to stay in power.
Oct 16, 2014 / Stephen F. Cohen