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How the Rohingya Have Been Excluded From Myanmar’s Landmark Elections

How the Rohingya Have Been Excluded From Myanmar’s Landmark Elections How the Rohingya Have Been Excluded From Myanmar’s Landmark Elections

Their disenfranchisement is part of a concerted state effort to appeal to a growing ultra-nationalist, anti-Muslim movement.

Nov 3, 2015 / Robert Hardh and Shaivalini Parmar

November 3, 1986: The Iran/Contra Weapons-for-Hostages Deal Is Exposed

November 3, 1986: The Iran/Contra Weapons-for-Hostages Deal Is Exposed November 3, 1986: The Iran/Contra Weapons-for-Hostages Deal Is Exposed

“The arms deal did not take place on the margins of policy but at its very heart.”

Nov 3, 2015 / Richard Kreitner

The Paris Climate Conference: Last Chance for Planet Earth?

The Paris Climate Conference: Last Chance for Planet Earth? The Paris Climate Conference: Last Chance for Planet Earth?

The stakes are higher than they’ve ever been—but the movement may be on the verge of a breakthrough in public consciousness.

Nov 3, 2015 / Feature / Mark Hertsgaard

For Most Syrians, the Problem Isn’t ISIS—It’s Assad

For Most Syrians, the Problem Isn’t ISIS—It’s Assad For Most Syrians, the Problem Isn’t ISIS—It’s Assad

Hospital workers in Syria, barely able to keep up with demand, are desperate to reduce the supply. Their plea: Stop the killing.

Nov 2, 2015 / Majed Aboali

Syria Damascus

‘Make No Mistake About It, This Is a War’ ‘Make No Mistake About It, This Is a War’

U.S. ground troops are being sent to Syria without congressional authorization. Why are so few members speaking up?

Nov 2, 2015 / John Nichols

Guatemala protests

A Military-Backed Comedian Will Be Guatemala’s Next President. Activists Aren’t Laughing. A Military-Backed Comedian Will Be Guatemala’s Next President. Activists Aren’t Laughing.

Amid rising violence against human-rights defenders, Guatemalan activists are counting on an emboldened civil society to take on their next president.

Nov 2, 2015 / Lindsay Bigda

November 2, 1917: The Balfour Declaration Promises British Support for a ‘National Home for the Jewish People’

November 2, 1917: The Balfour Declaration Promises British Support for a ‘National Home for the Jewish People’ November 2, 1917: The Balfour Declaration Promises British Support for a ‘National Home for the Jewish People’

“Its implications are science, industry, democracy, the whole growth of that torturous and bloody liberation of the masses of men from their oppressors in which consists the humani...

Nov 2, 2015 / Richard Kreitner

November 1, 1993: The Maastricht Treaty Is Ratified, Setting Up the European Union

November 1, 1993: The Maastricht Treaty Is Ratified, Setting Up the European Union November 1, 1993: The Maastricht Treaty Is Ratified, Setting Up the European Union

“Some think the capitalist invasion must be fought within national borders, while others believe the battle must be waged on the European front.”

Nov 1, 2015 / Richard Kreitner

Selahattin Demirtas

Ahead of Elections, Turkey’s Left Is Under Attack Ahead of Elections, Turkey’s Left Is Under Attack

As Erdogan’s war on the Kurdish minority expands to include the entire opposition, what started as solidarity between the Turkish and the Kurdish left has now become two fronts in ...

Oct 29, 2015 / Anna Lekas Miller

Welcome to America, Where We Fight for the Freedom to Visit Disney World

Welcome to America, Where We Fight for the Freedom to Visit Disney World Welcome to America, Where We Fight for the Freedom to Visit Disney World

That’s why we went to war in Iraq and Afghanistan, right?

Oct 29, 2015 / Tom Engelhardt

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