Are Brazil’s Corruption Scandals Finally Hitting the Olympics? Are Brazil’s Corruption Scandals Finally Hitting the Olympics?
The majority of the members of Brazil’s Congress are under investigation or facing charges. Of course the Olympics are corrupt.
May 6, 2016 / Dave Zirin
When It Comes to Taxes, Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton Have 1 Thing in Common When It Comes to Taxes, Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton Have 1 Thing in Common
Tax avoidance by the wealthiest Americans—including the presidential front-runners—costs the US government an additional $130 billion per year.
May 5, 2016 / Nomi Prins
Berta Cáceres’s Killers Are Getting Good at the PR Game Berta Cáceres’s Killers Are Getting Good at the PR Game
State terrorists in Honduras have learned that to be effective, they can’t just kill and torture. They also have to be able to tell good stories.
May 3, 2016 / Greg Grandin
Bernie Sanders Should Push for a New Realism in Foreign Policy Bernie Sanders Should Push for a New Realism in Foreign Policy
Sanders is helping to energize and educate a new generation coming into American politics—it is imperative that a real security agenda be part of that education.
May 3, 2016 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Did OPEC Just Start Preparing for the End of the Oil Era? Did OPEC Just Start Preparing for the End of the Oil Era?
The debacle in Doha may be the beginning of the end for the old oil order.
Apr 28, 2016 / Michael T. Klare
Trump Attempted a Foreign Policy Makeover Today. Did it Work? Trump Attempted a Foreign Policy Makeover Today. Did it Work?
Who’s advising this guy?
Apr 27, 2016 / James Carden
The 1988 Seoul Olympics Were a Horror Show of Human Rights Abuses. Will Rio Be the Same? The 1988 Seoul Olympics Were a Horror Show of Human Rights Abuses. Will Rio Be the Same?
Brazil’s latest political turmoil doesn’t bode well for the 2016 Games in Rio.
Apr 21, 2016 / Dave Zirin
Start Making Sense: Yes, Hillary Could Lose to Trump Start Making Sense: Yes, Hillary Could Lose to Trump
Plus Amy Wilentz on Hillary and Haiti, and the Pulitzer-Prize winning novel about Vietnam.
Apr 21, 2016 / Audio / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener
The EU Is Now Criminalizing Refugees The EU Is Now Criminalizing Refugees
The move to detention rather than welcome has led to a rapid downward spiral in conditions.
Apr 20, 2016 / Lydia Wilson
Why Sanders Skipped Clooney and Visited the Vatican Why Sanders Skipped Clooney and Visited the Vatican
Sanders’s hope for a moral economy is amplified at the Vatican.
Apr 19, 2016 / Katrina vanden Heuvel