Biden Signals Flexibility on North Korea, but Peace Groups Are Wary Biden Signals Flexibility on North Korea, but Peace Groups Are Wary
Koreans fear a return to Obama’s failed “strategic patience” policy.
Nov 16, 2020 / Tim Shorrock
Donald Trump Has Never Understood the Military—and He’s Not Going to Be Able to Co-opt It for a Coup Donald Trump Has Never Understood the Military—and He’s Not Going to Be Able to Co-opt It for a Coup
He can consolidate power in the Pentagon, but the military men and women I know aren’t going to subvert democracy.
Nov 13, 2020 / Andrew McCormick
‘We Won’t Quit Until We Stop It’ ‘We Won’t Quit Until We Stop It’
Despite the pandemic, US-backed ravaging of Okinawa continues. So does the people’s direct action.
Nov 12, 2020 / C. Douglas Lummis
Good Riddance to Trump: A Political Obituary I Have Waited 5 Years to Write Good Riddance to Trump: A Political Obituary I Have Waited 5 Years to Write
But, sadly, his departure from office will be the most inelegant last hurrah and final curtain in American political history.
Nov 11, 2020 / Sasha Abramsky
Is It Mere Spite—or Something More Sinister? Is It Mere Spite—or Something More Sinister?
What’s behind President Trump’s ouster of Defense Secretary Mark Esper?
Nov 11, 2020 / Michael T. Klare
CoVIDA- Homage to Victims of the Pandemic CoVIDA- Homage to Victims of the Pandemic
A public art piece on view at Morris-Jumel Mansion, New York City, through December 31, 2020. CoVIDA combines the words “Covid” with “vida” (“life” in Spanish).
Nov 11, 2020 / OppArt / Andrea Arroyo
Who Will Be the Marcus Rashford of the USA? Who Will Be the Marcus Rashford of the USA?
The 23-year-old UK soccer star is fighting for government intervention to end hunger. This is desperately needed in the United States.
Nov 11, 2020 / Dave Zirin
The Death of Working-Class Paris The Death of Working-Class Paris
As the rich transform France’s capital into a piggy bank and playground, the future of the city hangs in the balance.
Nov 10, 2020 / Cole Stangler
Cameroonian Asylum Seekers Say They Face Violent Persecution Upon Deportation Cameroonian Asylum Seekers Say They Face Violent Persecution Upon Deportation
Immigrant rights advocates allege that ICE detainees are being coerced, sometimes violently, into signing their own removal papers and returned to a country that is arresting and b...
Nov 9, 2020 / John Washington
The Children of Fallujah: The Medical Mystery at the Heart of the Iraq War The Children of Fallujah: The Medical Mystery at the Heart of the Iraq War
Since the 2003 invasion, doctors in Fallujah have been reporting a sharp rise in birth defects among the city’s children—and to this day, no one knows why.
Nov 9, 2020 / Feature / Laura Gottesdiener