Is Pittsburgh Really Green—or Is It Just Outsourcing Its Pollution? Is Pittsburgh Really Green—or Is It Just Outsourcing Its Pollution?
How Pittsburgh’s greenhouse gases became Guangzhou’s problem.
Oct 8, 2014 / Mark Schapiro
Fighting Hong Kong’s Inequality Crisis Fighting Hong Kong’s Inequality Crisis
Though the territory’s street protests have largely died down, the pro-democracy movement proved it was in for the long haul.
Oct 8, 2014 / Michelle Chen
What’s Wrong With Comparing ISIS to a Disease What’s Wrong With Comparing ISIS to a Disease
While the Obama administration used cancer metaphors to sell a war, it ignored the spread of a real disease.
Oct 8, 2014 / Column / Richard Kim
Right-Wing Fear-Mongering Is Far More Contagious Than Ebola Right-Wing Fear-Mongering Is Far More Contagious Than Ebola
When it comes to Ebola, ISIS and other perceived threats, the right basically wants us to build a higher dang fence and then Otherize the heck out of everything on the other side.
Oct 8, 2014 / Leslie Savan
Gathering Fates Gathering Fates
For the German novelist Walter Kempowski, there was no single unifying experience of World War II.
Oct 7, 2014 / Books & the Arts / Michael Lipkin
Waiting for the Iranian Godot Waiting for the Iranian Godot
The United States and its allies keep waiting on Iran to make more concessions on its nuclear enrichment program. But they’re missing the bigger picture.
Oct 7, 2014 / Derek Davison and Foreign Policy In Focus
When Christopher Hitchens Went to Hong Kong, He Saw ‘Wised-Up Young People’ on a ‘Globalized Globe’ When Christopher Hitchens Went to Hong Kong, He Saw ‘Wised-Up Young People’ on a ‘Globalized Globe’
And a DC lawyer reflects on his essay from 1984, when Hong Kong was “full of life.”
Oct 7, 2014 / Richard Kreitner and Back Issues
No, ISIS Is Not a Threat to the US No, ISIS Is Not a Threat to the US
The terror-mongers are at it again, but dangers to the “homeland” are vanishingly small.
Oct 7, 2014 / Tom Engelhardt
Are You Doing Your Part to Support Endless War? Are You Doing Your Part to Support Endless War?
Remember, hashtags are weapons of war.
Oct 6, 2014 / Tom Tomorrow
Why Brazil’s Elections Matter Why Brazil’s Elections Matter
Wall Street really, really wanted Marina Silva to win. Too bad for Wall Street.
Oct 6, 2014 / Greg Grandin