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Iran election

Will America Once Again Undermine Iran’s Pro-Democracy Movement? Will America Once Again Undermine Iran’s Pro-Democracy Movement?

Reformists won big in the recent elections, but Trump favors confrontation, which helps Iranian hard-liners.

Jun 1, 2017 / Trita Parsi

andrew jackson trump

Trump Is Like a Cornered Animal Trump Is Like a Cornered Animal

Sasha Abramsky on our irrational president, David Cole on the courts, and Paul Mason on Corbyn.

Jun 1, 2017 / Audio / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener

Theresa May United Kingdom

The Martian’s Guide to British Politics, or: Is There Intelligent Life on This Island? The Martian’s Guide to British Politics, or: Is There Intelligent Life on This Island?

It looks like the belligerent, self-serving martinets are going to trounce the quiet, bedraggled lot on the other side.

Apr 28, 2017 / Maria Margaronis

Citizens of Stoke-on-Trent campaigning for UKIP

The Most Important Post-Brexit Election Is Taking Place in This Small City The Most Important Post-Brexit Election Is Taking Place in This Small City

Tomorrow, voters may elect a second UKIP member to Parliament.

Feb 22, 2017 / Maria Margaronis

Trump May

Theresa May Is Totally Crushing on Donald Trump Theresa May Is Totally Crushing on Donald Trump

Other European leaders: No thanks.

Feb 8, 2017 / Beneath the Radar / Gary Younge

Can the Left Find Its Voice in the 21st Century?

Can the Left Find Its Voice in the 21st Century? Can the Left Find Its Voice in the 21st Century?

We have to stop addressing today’s concerns with an old vocabulary.

Nov 10, 2016 / Feature / John Harris

Junior doctors' strike

How I Found Heaven in a Public Hospital How I Found Heaven in a Public Hospital

Britain’s National Health Service is a cosmopolitan, welfare-state utopia—one that conservatives everywhere want to abolish.

Oct 21, 2016 / Frederika Randall

Your Nationalism Can’t Contain Me

Your Nationalism Can’t Contain Me Your Nationalism Can’t Contain Me

I’ve held three passports and claimed many identities, all at once. I am the future of citizenship.

Aug 25, 2016 / Feature / Aminatta Forna

Chagos Islanders Protest

Atoning for Washington’s ‘Mass Kidnapping’ in the Indian Ocean Atoning for Washington’s ‘Mass Kidnapping’ in the Indian Ocean

The US and UK governments forcibly expelled an entire population of islanders to make way for a military base. It’s time to let them come home.

Jul 11, 2016 / Foreign Policy In Focus / David Vine

John Chilcot Iraq Inquiry

The UK Issues a Devastating Critique of Tony Blair’s Support for the Iraq War The UK Issues a Devastating Critique of Tony Blair’s Support for the Iraq War

The findings are damning enough to ensure that Tony Blair will remain a political pariah for the rest of his life.

Jul 7, 2016 / D.D. Guttenplan

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