Will the Haitian Crisis Lead to Yet Another Military Intervention? Will the Haitian Crisis Lead to Yet Another Military Intervention?
With gangs holding the country hostage, and violence spinning out of control, the US and the UN play pass the parcel.
Oct 27, 2022 / Amy Wilentz
Biden Needs to Stop Boasting About the Economy Biden Needs to Stop Boasting About the Economy
Pollster Stanley Greenberg is the Cassandra warning of Democratic Party complacency.
Oct 24, 2022 / Jeet Heer
Leaderless, Rudderless Britain Is at the Mercy of Desperate Conservatives Leaderless, Rudderless Britain Is at the Mercy of Desperate Conservatives
Liz Truss was a hopeless, incompetent leader. But the temptation of a return to the discredited certainties of free-market dogma proved impossible for her party to resist.
Oct 21, 2022 / Gary Younge
“The Class War Never Ends, the Master Never Relents”: An Interview With Noam Chomsky “The Class War Never Ends, the Master Never Relents”: An Interview With Noam Chomsky
David Barsamian talks to Noam Chomsky about fighting for a better future in dark times.
Oct 11, 2022 / David Barsamian and Noam Chomsky
The Human Costs of the Fed’s War on Inflation The Human Costs of the Fed’s War on Inflation
If there is no painless way to combat inflation, as Fed Chair Jerome Powell suggests, then we should at least be honest about who will endure the pain.
Oct 11, 2022 / Jared Clemons
Putin’s Support Among the Far Right Is Splintering Putin’s Support Among the Far Right Is Splintering
The new Italian leader is still pro-NATO, but the broader right is divided.
Sep 30, 2022 / Jeet Heer
Keir Starmer Might Win Power—but Can He Do Anything With It? Keir Starmer Might Win Power—but Can He Do Anything With It?
The British Labour Party leader is sounding more like a prime minister, but will he be up for the hard fights ahead?
Sep 29, 2022 / Bhaskar Sunkara
We Like the Idea of Asylum Seekers, but Not the Real Thing We Like the Idea of Asylum Seekers, but Not the Real Thing
The 12-foot-tall puppet of a Syrian refugee has been welcomed in New York and around the world. Real refugees? Not so much.
Sep 28, 2022 / Helen Benedict
The “Rechazo”—Why Chileans Rejected a New Constitution The “Rechazo”—Why Chileans Rejected a New Constitution
An insider’s account by a member of the Chilean Constitutional Convention.
Sep 26, 2022 / Patricio Fernández
How American Exceptionalism Fueled Global Authoritarian Nationalism How American Exceptionalism Fueled Global Authoritarian Nationalism
Even as the West unites against the Russia that Putin built, it finds itself fighting homegrown variants of authoritarian exceptionalism, from Trump to Orbán.
Sep 23, 2022 / John Feffer