Human Rights Watch: Israel Is an Apartheid State Human Rights Watch: Israel Is an Apartheid State
The human rights group’s report lends strength to the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions movement.
Apr 28, 2021 / Kaleem Hawa
Waiting for Catastrophes While Living Under the Specter of Pandemic and War Waiting for Catastrophes While Living Under the Specter of Pandemic and War
When “How are you doing?” is also a question of politics and the world.
Apr 28, 2021 / Something Is Happening Here / Vijay Prashad
The Successful Campaign to Block Matthew Rojansky’s Appointment Is Ominous for Biden’s Russia Policy The Successful Campaign to Block Matthew Rojansky’s Appointment Is Ominous for Biden’s Russia Policy
Recalibrating our relations to Russia—and reducing the tensions around Ukraine and the Russian border—surely must be part of that effort.
Apr 27, 2021 / no-paywall / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Will Biden’s Foreign Policy Sap His Domestic Policy? Will Biden’s Foreign Policy Sap His Domestic Policy?
The US can’t afford to be the “indispensable nation” abroad while rebuilding at home.
Apr 13, 2021 / no-paywall / Katrina vanden Heuvel
How to Avoid the Anti-Imperialism of Fools How to Avoid the Anti-Imperialism of Fools
The logic of “the enemy of my enemy is my friend” is a recipe for empty cynicism.
Apr 6, 2021 / Gilbert Achcar
The Jerusalem Declaration on Antisemitism The Jerusalem Declaration on Antisemitism
Why the oldest hatred needs a new definition.
Apr 1, 2021 / Brian Klug
Vaccine Nationalism Is Patently Unjust Vaccine Nationalism Is Patently Unjust
Poor countries are paying more for the doses that remain after rich countries have had their fill.
Mar 22, 2021 / Editorial / Nanjala Nyabola
Biden’s Foreign Policy Team Can’t Handle New Threats With Old Strategies Biden’s Foreign Policy Team Can’t Handle New Threats With Old Strategies
How can the United States focus on new threats while sustaining endless wars and obsolete postures?
Mar 16, 2021 / no-paywall / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Protecting Pro-Palestine Activists Can Feel Almost Impossible—but These Students Succeeded Protecting Pro-Palestine Activists Can Feel Almost Impossible—but These Students Succeeded
When a lawyer tried to force UCLA’s Students for Justice in Palestine to publicize the names of their speakers at a 2018 conference, the students fought back. And won.
Mar 16, 2021 / StudentNation / Lexi McMenamin
Why Do Humans Move? Why Do Humans Move?
A new history examines how migration has been the rule of history, not the exception.
Mar 8, 2021 / Books & the Arts / Daniel Immerwahr