The Fight to Keep the Mediterranean Free of Oil Drilling The Fight to Keep the Mediterranean Free of Oil Drilling
Activists are winning important fights against hydrocarbon exploration in the Mediterranean—but so much is still at stake.
Mar 24, 2020 / Feature / Eurydice Bersi
We’re Struggling With the Coronavirus in Spain—but We’re Vastly More Prepared Than the US We’re Struggling With the Coronavirus in Spain—but We’re Vastly More Prepared Than the US
I am locked down in Barcelona, but at least there is universal health care and a tradition of mutual support.
Mar 19, 2020 / Feature / Ben Ehrenreich
Citizen Gorbachev Speaks Citizen Gorbachev Speaks
If war is the consequence of a policy, then get rid of the policy.
Mar 16, 2020 / no-paywall / Mikhail S. Gorbachev
The Rise of the Far Right in France’s Poorest Cities The Rise of the Far Right in France’s Poorest Cities
The areas where the National Rally has the best chance to win in the March elections are united by one factor: socioeconomic duress.
Mar 13, 2020 / Cole Stangler
What’s Behind Trump’s Bogus, Corrupt, Dangerous Travel Ban? What’s Behind Trump’s Bogus, Corrupt, Dangerous Travel Ban?
As always with this president, there is a layer of toxic ideological motivation—that will cost American lives.
Mar 12, 2020 / no-paywall / Bruce Shapiro
Democrats Need to Learn From Boris Johnson’s Success, Not Jeremy Corbyn’s Failure Democrats Need to Learn From Boris Johnson’s Success, Not Jeremy Corbyn’s Failure
The party has drawn the wrong lessons from the recent UK election and ignores the truth at its collective peril.
Mar 4, 2020 / Marshall Auerback
Germany Struggles to Respond to Racist Mass Murder Germany Struggles to Respond to Racist Mass Murder
Is it any wonder, when radical right ideas are no longer confined to the margins, but have become normalized?
Feb 21, 2020 / Jordan Stancil
The Making of France’s Presidential System The Making of France’s Presidential System
Focusing on the tensions between top-down reforms and bottom-up democratic discontent, Herrick Chapman’s new history tells a very different story about postwar France.
Feb 18, 2020 / Books & the Arts / Hugo Drochon
Universal Coverage Is Not Only Realistic, It’s a Better System Universal Coverage Is Not Only Realistic, It’s a Better System
Our health care outcomes are worse than any developed country, and it doesn’t have to be this way.
Feb 7, 2020 / J. Mijin Cha
