World

Rex Tillerson

There Are More Important Questions to Ask Than Whether Rex Tillerson Is In or Out at State There Are More Important Questions to Ask Than Whether Rex Tillerson Is In or Out at State

A renovated foreign policy rests on a great variety of factors beyond a house-cleaning at State.

Dec 7, 2017 / Patrick Lawrence

US-Mexico border

The United States Is Polluting the World and Locking Refugees Out The United States Is Polluting the World and Locking Refugees Out

Border walls are being erected left and right as natural disasters become more frequent, leaving victims with nowhere to go.

Dec 7, 2017 / Todd Miller

UNITE HERE hotel workers

Stopping Sexual Abuse on the Job Begins With Empowering Workers Stopping Sexual Abuse on the Job Begins With Empowering Workers

Across the world, workers are unionizing to hold corporations accountable for sexual harassment and assault in the workplace.

Dec 7, 2017 / Michelle Chen

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The Honduran Government Is Trying to Steal an Election The Honduran Government Is Trying to Steal an Election

It’s increasingly clear that a majority of voters have had enough of US-backed President Juan Orlando Hernández.

Dec 6, 2017 / Miguel Salazar

Pakistan Drone Protest

In Pakistan’s Tribal Areas, Collective Punishment Is the Law of the Land In Pakistan’s Tribal Areas, Collective Punishment Is the Law of the Land

Civilians here, who live under an outdated colonial regime, have been terrorized by US drone strikes and extremist Islamists for many years.

Dec 6, 2017 / Umar Farooq

Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross

Investigative Journalism Can Still Make Bad Guys Squirm Investigative Journalism Can Still Make Bad Guys Squirm

A massive muckrakers conference celebrates triumphs—and plots new targets.

Dec 6, 2017 / Mark Schapiro

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The Trump Team Definitely Colluded With a Foreign Power—Just Not the One You Think The Trump Team Definitely Colluded With a Foreign Power—Just Not the One You Think

Why are the media paying scant attention to Michael Flynn’s admissions about Israel?

Dec 5, 2017 / Aaron Maté

Viktor Orban poster

Who Could Have Predicted Trump? Poland, and Hungary, and Slovakia. Who Could Have Predicted Trump? Poland, and Hungary, and Slovakia.

After the Cold War, right-wing populists surged to power by exploiting economic uncertainty.

Dec 5, 2017 / John Feffer

Susan Meiselas’s Redemptive Time

Susan Meiselas’s Redemptive Time Susan Meiselas’s Redemptive Time

In her new photo-memoir, the photographer returns to the origin of her career to reflect on all she’s remembered, and why it’s worth remembering.

Dec 5, 2017 / Ratik Asokan

Tom Tomorrow Cartoon

Life in Stupidverse Life in Stupidverse

It’s stupid! 

Dec 5, 2017 / Tom Tomorrow

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