Our Man in Panama: How Obama’s Summitry Could Change Relations With Latin America Our Man in Panama: How Obama’s Summitry Could Change Relations With Latin America
The president’s rapprochement with Raúl Castro is a crucial step in overcoming the long history of US intervention in the region.
Apr 16, 2015 / Peter Kornbluh
Development and Humanitarian Politics Development and Humanitarian Politics
Why debates about community development sidestep the issue of inequality.
Apr 8, 2015 / Books & the Arts / Jamie Martin
The Future of a Failed State The Future of a Failed State
Nations like Haiti don’t “fail” because of their people, but because they’ve been relentlessly exploited by the more “developed” world.
Mar 23, 2015 / Books & the Arts / Amy Wilentz
The Most Effective Foreign Policy Tool in the GOP’s Pocket Is an American Pipeline The Most Effective Foreign Policy Tool in the GOP’s Pocket Is an American Pipeline
Keystone XL is part of a new colonial project—and Canada and Mexico are the frontiers.
Feb 12, 2015 / Michael T. Klare
Camus Redux Camus Redux
Today, Albert Camus is still alive but changed, thanks to the art of David Oelhoffen and Kamel Daoud.
Feb 4, 2015 / Books & the Arts / Alice Kaplan
Can a Costly Campaign to Eradicate Polio From Nigeria Possibly Succeed? Can a Costly Campaign to Eradicate Polio From Nigeria Possibly Succeed?
Bill Gates and a corps of Western donors are on a mission to rid Nigeria of the crippling virus, but the last cases have been hard to stamp out.
Nov 25, 2014 / Alex Kornblum
It’s Time to Rethink American Exceptionalism It’s Time to Rethink American Exceptionalism
To believe that our nation has always been exceptional requires a suppression of ordinary skepticism and a belief that calls for extraordinary arrogance.
Oct 24, 2014 / David Bromwich
The Anti-Socialist Origins of Big Data The Anti-Socialist Origins of Big Data
The genesis for the data-driven society of today can be traced to socialist Chile in the 1970s.
Oct 23, 2014 / Blog / Greg Grandin
Acts of Treason Acts of Treason
For Rian Malan, seeking atonement doesn’t necessarily mean one will attain it.
Oct 15, 2014 / Books & the Arts / André Naffis-Sahely
Haaretz, Commenting on Murder in Israel, Says Extremists Are ‘Vermin’ Haaretz, Commenting on Murder in Israel, Says Extremists Are ‘Vermin’
Tragedies compound, as Israel bombs Gaza again.
Jul 7, 2014 / Blog / Bob Dreyfuss