Palestinian Maher Al-Akhras Demands: Freedom or Death Palestinian Maher Al-Akhras Demands: Freedom or Death
Most of the time, the death of a single Palestinian prisoner does not show up on the radar screen of Israeli or world consciousness. Maher Al-Akhras is putting his life on the line...
Oct 28, 2020 / Sally Abed
Paul Gilroy: ‘Whiteness Just Ain’t Worth What it Used to Be’ Paul Gilroy: ‘Whiteness Just Ain’t Worth What it Used to Be’
A conversation about racial tensions on both sides of the Atlantic, nationalism, and why inequality might be the key to understanding our current crisis.
Oct 28, 2020 / Q&A / Francis Wade
We Need to Think About Xinjiang in Internationalist Terms We Need to Think About Xinjiang in Internationalist Terms
Challenging the right wing’s cold war agenda means highlighting the Uighur re-education camps’ links to counterterrorism and global capital.
Oct 28, 2020 / A. Liu
The Unraveling of Thailand’s National Myth The Unraveling of Thailand’s National Myth
Young Thais are finding power in each other—and their demands could transform Southeast Asia.
Oct 28, 2020 / Wilfred Chan
Nuclear Weapons Have Always Been Immoral. Now They’re Illegal. Nuclear Weapons Have Always Been Immoral. Now They’re Illegal.
The UN Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons has reached the 50 ratifications needed to become international law.
Oct 27, 2020 / Ray Acheson
Wake Up and Smell the Cheetos Wake Up and Smell the Cheetos
Public intervention. Phone booth, Rivington and Allen Streets, NYC 2020.
Oct 27, 2020 / OppArt / Maia Lorian
Trump Attempts One More Preelection Power Grab Trump Attempts One More Preelection Power Grab
An executive order establishing new hiring and firing practices will, if he is reelected, give him extraordinary control over almost the entire civil service.
Oct 27, 2020 / Sasha Abramsky
A New Constitution: What the United States Can Learn From Chile A New Constitution: What the United States Can Learn From Chile
Do the problems that beset us, so similar to those that plague our Chilean brothers and sisters, not cry out for a radical reimagining of who we are?
Oct 26, 2020 / Ariel Dorfman
Military Flyovers at NFL Games Are Ridiculous Military Flyovers at NFL Games Are Ridiculous
Troy Aikman and Joe Buck would be right to call them out for what they are: outrageously wasteful publicity stunts.
Oct 21, 2020 / Dave Zirin