World

Gaza blockade protest

How Israel’s 10-Year Blockade Brought Gaza to the Brink of Collapse How Israel’s 10-Year Blockade Brought Gaza to the Brink of Collapse

The crisis in Gaza is not simply a humanitarian tragedy. It’s a moral outrage.

Jul 7, 2017 / Tareq Baconi

Trump Putin G20

Now Is the Time for Trump and Putin to Negotiate, Not Escalate Tensions Now Is the Time for Trump and Putin to Negotiate, Not Escalate Tensions

Katrina vanden Heuvel talks with Democracy Now!

Jul 7, 2017 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Trump and Putin side-by-side

A Fateful Encounter: On Today’s Meeting Between Presidents Trump and Putin A Fateful Encounter: On Today’s Meeting Between Presidents Trump and Putin

The summit offers a chance to mitigate a crisis.

Jul 7, 2017 / James Carden

US-South Korean Joint Military Exercise

The Unacknowledged Logic of North Korea’s Missile Tests The Unacknowledged Logic of North Korea’s Missile Tests

We may not like it, but nuclear weapons may be all that stands in the way of another US-conducted “regime change.”

Jul 6, 2017 / Patrick Lawrence

Trump in Saudi Arabia

Trump and Saudi Arabia Against the World Trump and Saudi Arabia Against the World

This is a formula for disaster on a global scale.

Jul 6, 2017 / Dilip Hiro

US soldiers walk near a police checkpoint in Afghanistan

There’s Only One Way to End the War in Afghanistan There’s Only One Way to End the War in Afghanistan

And the surge Donald Trump is poised to authorize is not it.

Jul 6, 2017 / Robert L. Borosage

Simpson Bay, Sint Maarten

Can the Caribbean’s Tourism Economy Survive Climate Change? Can the Caribbean’s Tourism Economy Survive Climate Change?

Rising sea levels, ocean acidification, catastrophic storm surges—the threat is dire, and requires a rapid transition to renewable energy.

Jul 6, 2017 / Juan Cole

Rite Aid Pharmacy in Pittsburgh

Trump’s Plan to Make Drugs Cheaper Could End Up Making Them More Expensive Trump’s Plan to Make Drugs Cheaper Could End Up Making Them More Expensive

Now, that’s good policy!

Jul 6, 2017 / Michelle Chen

What It Means to Be a Patriot in the Trump Era

What It Means to Be a Patriot in the Trump Era What It Means to Be a Patriot in the Trump Era

Fighting for justice and equality is the most patriotic act of all.

Jul 3, 2017 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

National Health Service website

Worried About Those Global Cyber Attacks? They Were Started by Washington Worried About Those Global Cyber Attacks? They Were Started by Washington

The notorious US spy agencies invented this monster, first with the Stuxnet virus against Iran—but then they lost control over it.

Jun 30, 2017 / William Greider

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