Paul Farmer on How We Tell the Story of a Pandemic Paul Farmer on How We Tell the Story of a Pandemic
A conversation with Dr. Farmer about his new book on the 2014 Ebola crisis, clinical nihilism, and public health’s failure of imagination.
Dec 23, 2020 / Q&A / Connor Goodwin
There Are More People Being Displaced Than Ever Before There Are More People Being Displaced Than Ever Before
World War II displaced 60 million people. Today, climate change, conflicts and crises around the world have displaced nearly 80 million.
Nov 16, 2020 / Nick Turse
Cameroonian Asylum Seekers Say They Face Violent Persecution Upon Deportation Cameroonian Asylum Seekers Say They Face Violent Persecution Upon Deportation
Immigrant rights advocates allege that ICE detainees are being coerced, sometimes violently, into signing their own removal papers and returned to a country that is arresting and b...
Nov 9, 2020 / John Washington
Without Trust, Politics Is Reduced to Spectacle Without Trust, Politics Is Reduced to Spectacle
People must believe in public institutions in order to believe in the promises of democracy. Take a Kenyan’s word on this.
Aug 26, 2020 / Nanjala Nyabola
Covid-19 Has Put Algeria’s Peaceful Revolution on Hold Covid-19 Has Put Algeria’s Peaceful Revolution on Hold
The past year’s protests have been on a scale not seen in over three decades. But now, the streets are empty.
Jul 6, 2020 / Photo Essay / Abdo Shanan, The Nation, and Magnum Foundation
The US Government Kills Black People with Impunity Both at Home and Abroad The US Government Kills Black People with Impunity Both at Home and Abroad
It’s time to reckon with the anti-black brutality that defines American policy from Minneapolis to Somalia.
Jun 16, 2020 / Robtel Neajai Pailey and Amy Niang
Debt Relief for Tyrants Is a Terrible Idea Debt Relief for Tyrants Is a Terrible Idea
Bernie Sanders and Ilhan Omar want to cancel the debts of the world’s poorest countries. In some cases, that’s a big mistake.
Jun 3, 2020 / Helen C. Epstein
Time to Fundamentally Rethink What Trump Means by Security Time to Fundamentally Rethink What Trump Means by Security
The challenge for his successor will be how to dig out from the rubble.
Jun 2, 2020 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Trump’s Decision to Freeze WHO Funding Worries the US Military Trump’s Decision to Freeze WHO Funding Worries the US Military
Exclusive: Africom fears that China will use the White House’s suspension of World Health Organization payments to expand its influence in Africa.
May 27, 2020 / Ken Klippenstein
Africa Is Not Waiting to Be Saved From the Coronavirus Africa Is Not Waiting to Be Saved From the Coronavirus
If reporting doesn’t improve, the creativity and agency of swaths of humanity will be lost to history.
May 11, 2020 / Nanjala Nyabola