How Rudy Giuliani Became Trump’s Shadow Secretary of State How Rudy Giuliani Became Trump’s Shadow Secretary of State
Mar 6, 2020 / Bob Dreyfuss
‘Ruin Our Territory—for What?’ ‘Ruin Our Territory—for What?’
A massive standoff over a pipeline through Wet’suwet’en land is pushing Canada to confront how it deals with Indigenous rights.
Mar 5, 2020 / Jillian Kestler-D’Amours
‘The Government Has Done This’: Inside India’s Muslim Pogrom ‘The Government Has Done This’: Inside India’s Muslim Pogrom
The RSS is driving both the anti-Muslim attacks and the decisions of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party.
Mar 5, 2020 / Fahad Shah
Washington Hawks Are Softening Their Hard Line on Sanctions Against North Korea Washington Hawks Are Softening Their Hard Line on Sanctions Against North Korea
They fear Mike Pompeo’s diplomacy is backfiring and may be alienating South Korea—and they worry that sanctions will vastly worsen the COVID-19 epidemic.
Mar 5, 2020 / Tim Shorrock
Those Shoes Were Made by a Uighur Detainee Those Shoes Were Made by a Uighur Detainee
China forces Muslim minorities to produce materials that may be used by Nike, Uniqlo, Zara, and other retail giants. It’s time for the fashion industry to talk about divestment.
Mar 5, 2020 / Jasmin Malik Chua
Democrats Need to Learn From Boris Johnson’s Success, Not Jeremy Corbyn’s Failure Democrats Need to Learn From Boris Johnson’s Success, Not Jeremy Corbyn’s Failure
The party has drawn the wrong lessons from the recent UK election and ignores the truth at its collective peril.
Mar 4, 2020 / Marshall Auerback
Shahbaz Bhatti’s Murder Cannot Remain Uninvestigated Shahbaz Bhatti’s Murder Cannot Remain Uninvestigated
Nine years after his assassination, it’s time to renew calls for an investigation into his death.
Mar 4, 2020 / Helen Haft
Richard Grenell Named Acting Director of National Intelligence Richard Grenell Named Acting Director of National Intelligence
The flunky ranks begin to swell: Trump’s intel chief’s now R. Grenell, Who must repel what doesn’t jell With hokum all Fox anchors sell. On non-Fox facts he mustn’t dwell Or he wil…
Mar 3, 2020 / Column / Calvin Trillin
The Protests That Made and Unmade Japan’s Postwar Left The Protests That Made and Unmade Japan’s Postwar Left
The demonstrations against the Anpo treaty remain the largest protest movement in Japanese history and yet their defeat cleared the path for decades of conservative rule.
Mar 3, 2020 / Books & the Arts / Colin Jones
The Pentagon Budget Is Out of Control The Pentagon Budget Is Out of Control
At $1.21 trillion, the actual national security budget is nearly twice the size that was announced by the White House.
Mar 3, 2020 / Mandy Smithberger