Dispatch

Hamas’s Shock Attack Should Spark Our Horror—and Our Questions

Hamas’s Shock Attack Should Spark Our Horror—and Our Questions Hamas’s Shock Attack Should Spark Our Horror—and Our Questions

This appalling violence emerged within a context, and we need to understand that context in order to achieve peace.

Oct 11, 2023 / Dispatch / Haggai Matar

Mara Marques Cavallaro holding a photo of her grandmother.

50 Years Ago, My Family Fled Chile. This Year, I Returned. 50 Years Ago, My Family Fled Chile. This Year, I Returned.

I went to Chile for the anniversary of the 1973 coup to trace the country's painful history—and my own.

Sep 29, 2023 / Dispatch / Mara Marques Cavallaro

Residents oppose anti-trans policy at a New Jersey public school board meeting

The Anti-Trans Crusade Comes to New Jersey The Anti-Trans Crusade Comes to New Jersey

I returned to my New Jersey middle school to watch the school board support a dangerous anti-trans policy.

Jul 21, 2023 / Dispatch / Sarah Baum

Nils Lofgren and Bruce Springsteen onstage.

Bruce Springsteen and These Lost Years Bruce Springsteen and These Lost Years

After Covid, he and the E Street Band are celebrating, but also continuing their mourning tour. It won’t end. Until it does.

Feb 6, 2023 / Dispatch / Joan Walsh

In a Land of Apartheid, a Trip to the Beach Can Be an Act of Resistance

In a Land of Apartheid, a Trip to the Beach Can Be an Act of Resistance In a Land of Apartheid, a Trip to the Beach Can Be an Act of Resistance

Not long ago, The Nation’s Palestine correspondent snuck into a moshav to sunbathe, because no one owns the sea.

Jan 23, 2023 / Dispatch / Mohammed El-Kurd

Unions Protect Democracy. How Do We Protect Unions?

Unions Protect Democracy. How Do We Protect Unions? Unions Protect Democracy. How Do We Protect Unions?

20 global labor leaders weigh in on the myriad ways the right is threatening organizing efforts.

Jul 13, 2022 / Dispatch / Karen Nussbaum

Geopolitics Will Cost Us Our Planet

Geopolitics Will Cost Us Our Planet Geopolitics Will Cost Us Our Planet

For all of our posturing, we’re doomed if the world’s biggest players aren’t in agreement.

Oct 19, 2021 / Column / Michael T. Klare

Marine walks in Afghanistan

The $8 Trillion Cost of Failure The $8 Trillion Cost of Failure

The time and money it took to give Kabul to the Taliban could have been used to help struggling Americans.

Sep 9, 2021 / Dispatch / Tom Engelhardt

Mark Milley sits in front of a microphone, with Mark Esper beside him

America’s Global Imperialist Footprint America’s Global Imperialist Footprint

With hundreds of military bases around the world, America’s imperialist ambitions won’t stop with failure in Afghanistan.

Aug 20, 2021 / Dispatch / Patterson Deppen

Marines

War Is Anything but Sacred. Ask Those Who Fought. War Is Anything but Sacred. Ask Those Who Fought.

Stark realities haunt our troops, even as we glorify and celebrate their regrets.

Aug 4, 2021 / Dispatch / Kelly Denton-Borhaug

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