Civil Unrest

Pinochet pointing upward

Operation Condor: A Network of Transnational Repression 50 Years Later Operation Condor: A Network of Transnational Repression 50 Years Later

How Condor launched a wave of cross-border assassinations and disappearances in Latin America.

Dec 3, 2025 / Peter Kornbluh

Chinatown

Chinatown Chinatown

Cruelest choices.

Oct 31, 2025 / Steve Brodner

The author and his mother.

How My Grandmother Remembers the Nakba How My Grandmother Remembers the Nakba

In 1948, my family fled Palestine when Zionists took over. I pieced their story together from a box of letters and diary entries.

Oct 25, 2025 / Tareq Baconi

Chicago

Chicago Chicago

Wide angle.

Oct 22, 2025 / OppArt / Michael de Adder

A fuel truck brings aid into Gaza as two boys scrummage through rubble and water jugs.

The Gaza Deal Opens a Door. We Can’t Let It Close. The Gaza Deal Opens a Door. We Can’t Let It Close.

You would be forgiven for having some skepticism about what happens next.

Oct 16, 2025 / Hadar Susskind

Human rights defenders ride aboard a vessel departing from Tunisia’s northern port of Bizerte on September 14, 2025, to join the last boats taking part in the Global Sumud Flotilla, bound for the Gaza Strip to break Israel’s blockade on the Palestinian territory.

A Reflection on “Objective” Journalism From the Global Sumud Flotilla A Reflection on “Objective” Journalism From the Global Sumud Flotilla

A so-called precept in the practice of news coverage is that “if it bleeds, it leads.” Well, apparently, if a Palestinian is bleeding, this isn’t true.

Oct 16, 2025 / Alex Colston

Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado speaks during a Patriots for Europe “Make Europe Great Again” rally on February 8, 2025, in Madrid, Spain. The rally in Madrid is a tribute to Donald Trump’s campaign and rhetoric, which the Patriots party is now emulating across Europe.

How María Corina Machado’s Nobel Peace Prize Could Lead to War How María Corina Machado’s Nobel Peace Prize Could Lead to War

Machado’s record makes a mockery of the idea she is a committed champion of peace, promoter of democracy, or unifying figure.

Oct 14, 2025 / Gabriel Hetland

Marching in NYC

Marching in NYC Marching in NYC

Protests across the country and around the world.

Oct 1, 2025 / OppArt / Peter Kuper

Anti-migrant protestors convene in the United Kingdom

Britain’s Democracy Is in Genuine Peril Britain’s Democracy Is in Genuine Peril

A bitterly divided democratic camp, a constitutional setup with few guardrails and a surging extreme right spell trouble ahead for Britain’s political institutions.

Sep 24, 2025 / Luke Cooper

Anti-government protesters in Kathmandu, Nepal, on September 8.

Nepal’s Revolution Wasn’t Televised, but It Was on Discord Nepal’s Revolution Wasn’t Televised, but It Was on Discord

The country’s Gen Z uprising illustrates both the promise and limitations of online-brokered protest

Sep 22, 2025 / Corey Pein

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