Northern Ireland’s Schools Still Aren’t Integrated Northern Ireland’s Schools Still Aren’t Integrated
But the province’s parents and teachers aren’t waiting for politicians to desegregate education. They’re doing it themselves.
Sep 9, 2019 / Feature / Adam McGibbon
Boris Johnson’s Latest Defeat Makes an Early Election Inevitable Boris Johnson’s Latest Defeat Makes an Early Election Inevitable
In the contest over Britain’s future, Johnson’s opponents have won all the battles—but they could still lose the war.
Sep 5, 2019 / Stephen Bush
The Wheels Are Coming Off Britain The Wheels Are Coming Off Britain
With Brexit, Britain is facing down a regressive, authoritarian, oligarch-backed far-right political project.
Sep 3, 2019 / Rachel Shabi
Trump’s Support of Boris Johnson Should Remind Congress of the Necessity of Impeachment Trump’s Support of Boris Johnson Should Remind Congress of the Necessity of Impeachment
Be wary of a president who celebrates abuses of power abroad and who, at home, imagines that the Constitution “allows me to do whatever I want.”
Aug 30, 2019 / John Nichols
Boris Johnson Exposes the Big Lie of British Politics Boris Johnson Exposes the Big Lie of British Politics
Parliament has voted against every resolution to the Brexit saga, but Johnson has decided to forge ahead on his own.
Aug 29, 2019 / Stephen Bush
Dismantling Transphobia at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival Dismantling Transphobia at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival
Three performances at the world’s biggest arts festival react to transphobic rhetoric in the UK.
Aug 22, 2019 / Elliot Ross
Boris Johnson Interviewed Me for His Column. Here’s What Didn’t Make It Into Print. Boris Johnson Interviewed Me for His Column. Here’s What Didn’t Make It Into Print.
On Brexit, race, and criminal justice, Britain’s new prime minister has always played both sides for maximum expediency.
Jul 27, 2019 / Column / Patricia J. Williams
PHOTOS: ‘I Haven’t Met Anybody in the Area Who Actually Wants to Take the Walls Down’ PHOTOS: ‘I Haven’t Met Anybody in the Area Who Actually Wants to Take the Walls Down’
Belfast’s so-called “peace lines” were supposed to come down over a decade ago. Why are they still there?
Jun 5, 2019 / Photo Essay / Mattias Lundblad and Johannes Frandsen
We Are Being Embarrassed by Ugly-American Grifters on an Ego Trip to London We Are Being Embarrassed by Ugly-American Grifters on an Ego Trip to London
The Trumps need a distraction. So, at our expense, they are trading toasts with the current occupant of King George III’s throne.
Jun 4, 2019 / John Nichols
How Bad Can Brexit Get? How Bad Can Brexit Get?
Theresa May is out, but the crisis that made her premiership both possible and untenable has intensified.
May 30, 2019 / Beneath the Radar / Gary Younge