Global Organizations

Refugees to Europe: Do Better Than This

Refugees to Europe: Do Better Than This Refugees to Europe: Do Better Than This

From Germany to Switzerland, asylum seekers are organizing to demand humane treatment from rich nations.

Sep 30, 2015 / Caitlin L. Chandler

Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis Is a Global Crisis. Why Are We Doing So Little to Fight It?

Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis Is a Global Crisis. Why Are We Doing So Little to Fight It? Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis Is a Global Crisis. Why Are We Doing So Little to Fight It?

In a co-epidemic with HIV, it’s raging across much of the world, killing an estimated 2.6 million people in 2013.

Sep 29, 2015 / Feature / Douglas Foster

How One Man Laid the Groundwork for Today’s Crisis in the Middle East

How One Man Laid the Groundwork for Today’s Crisis in the Middle East How One Man Laid the Groundwork for Today’s Crisis in the Middle East

We’re still paying the price of Henry Kissinger’s “grand strategies.”

Sep 28, 2015 / Greg Grandin

September 28, 2000: Ariel Sharon Visits the Temple Mount, Sparking the Second Intifada

September 28, 2000: Ariel Sharon Visits the Temple Mount, Sparking the Second Intifada September 28, 2000: Ariel Sharon Visits the Temple Mount, Sparking the Second Intifada

“A new sense may actually be dawning that only a mass movement against Israeli apartheid (similar to South Africa’s) will work.”

Sep 28, 2015 / 150th Anniversary / Richard Kreitner

You Can’t Fight Poverty With a Concert

You Can’t Fight Poverty With a Concert You Can’t Fight Poverty With a Concert

Global Citizen’s celebrity-packed festival aims to mobilize millennials against poverty. That’s pointless if it strips politics from the fight.

Sep 24, 2015 / Benjamin Cohen and Elliot Ross

A U.S. Special Forces trainer supervises a military assault drill for a unit within the Sudan People's Liberation Army conducted in Nzara on the outskirts of Yambio

How Many Wars Is the US Really Fighting? How Many Wars Is the US Really Fighting?

Hint: the answer is way more than you think.

Sep 24, 2015 / Ask Dr. Marc / Nick Turse

Responding to ISIS and the Syrian Refugee Crisis Is Dividing Policymakers Both in Washington and Moscow

Responding to ISIS and the Syrian Refugee Crisis Is Dividing Policymakers Both in Washington and Moscow Responding to ISIS and the Syrian Refugee Crisis Is Dividing Policymakers Both in Washington and Moscow

Will the result be a spreading or curtailing of the new US-Russian Cold War?

Sep 23, 2015 / Audio / Stephen F. Cohen

As the 2016 Campaigns Heat Up, the Moment Still Belongs to the People

As the 2016 Campaigns Heat Up, the Moment Still Belongs to the People As the 2016 Campaigns Heat Up, the Moment Still Belongs to the People

What once seemed unexpected is no longer unthinkable.

Sep 22, 2015 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

The Obama Administration Rejects Russia’s Offer to Form a New Military Coalition vs. ISIS in Syria

The Obama Administration Rejects Russia’s Offer to Form a New Military Coalition vs. ISIS in Syria The Obama Administration Rejects Russia’s Offer to Form a New Military Coalition vs. ISIS in Syria

Has it created another front in the new Cold War?

Sep 16, 2015 / Audio / Stephen F. Cohen

Hillary Clinton on Iran Deal

Hawks Aren’t Giving the Iran Deal a Chance Hawks Aren’t Giving the Iran Deal a Chance

Bellicose posturing too often ends up isolating the United States—and undermining our security.

Sep 15, 2015 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

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