Our Toxic-Speech Epidemic Our Toxic-Speech Epidemic
Trump likes his words free, loud, and hateful. Just don’t take him literally.
Apr 1, 2019 / Column / Patricia J. Williams
France Unbowed Tries to Rediscover Its Populist Magic France Unbowed Tries to Rediscover Its Populist Magic
The left populist party is still looking for its place in a national debate often dominated by Emmanuel Macron and the far right. Will European elections provide a spark?
Mar 29, 2019 / Cole Stangler
Algeria’s Joyful Revolution Algeria’s Joyful Revolution
The most striking feature of today’s uprising is that the gigantic rallies are peaceful and socially mixed, with men and women, old and young, taking part—and adamant in their reso...
Mar 28, 2019 / Lahouari Addi
NATO Turns 70 NATO Turns 70
Next week, Washington will throw the military alliance a birthday party. How much is there to celebrate?
Mar 28, 2019 / James Carden
The Real Costs of Russiagate The Real Costs of Russiagate
Its perpetrators, not Putin or Trump, “attacked American democracy.”
Mar 27, 2019 / Stephen F. Cohen
‘They Had Found Out That I Am Gay, and They Were Going to Kill Me’ ‘They Had Found Out That I Am Gay, and They Were Going to Kill Me’
The Nigerian asylee running New York City’s only homeless shelter for refugees.
Mar 27, 2019 / John Washington
Berlin’s Radical Housing Activists Aren’t Afraid of Expropriations Berlin’s Radical Housing Activists Aren’t Afraid of Expropriations
Germany’s hippest city is debating whether to seize 200,000 homes from landlords and turn them into social housing.
Mar 27, 2019 / Lukas Hermsmeier
Why Are We Above International Law? Why Are We Above International Law?
The Trump administration’s rejection of the International Criminal Court is the latest example of America’s toxic exceptionalism.
Mar 26, 2019 / Rebecca Gordon
It Is Long Past Time for a National Reckoning With the Catastrophic Costs of Endless War It Is Long Past Time for a National Reckoning With the Catastrophic Costs of Endless War
We need space for real dissent from the views of a foreign policy establishment that has so clearly failed us.
Mar 26, 2019 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Trump’s Global Gag Rule Is Making It Harder to Fight the AIDS Crisis Trump’s Global Gag Rule Is Making It Harder to Fight the AIDS Crisis
The Trump administration says it is leading the global fight against HIV and AIDS—and then shoots itself in the foot.
Mar 25, 2019 / Michelle Chen