International Law

Spaniards Confront the Legacy of Civil War and Dictatorship

Spaniards Confront the Legacy of Civil War and Dictatorship Spaniards Confront the Legacy of Civil War and Dictatorship

Four decades after the transition to democracy, families victimized by Francoist repression have organized in a quest for justice.

Jul 18, 2016 / Sebastiaan Faber and Bécquer Seguín

Sweatshop worker

Colleges Aren’t Enforcing Their Own Anti-Sweatshop Policies Colleges Aren’t Enforcing Their Own Anti-Sweatshop Policies

SUNY’s failure to enforce its anti-sweatshop policies is a reminder that major institutional consumers can only go so far in addressing the crisis of globalized labor abuses.

Jun 27, 2016 / StudentNation / Michelle Chen

Julian Assange holds UN report

Julian Assange Just Began His 5th Year Inside the Ecuadorian Embassy Julian Assange Just Began His 5th Year Inside the Ecuadorian Embassy

Each year of his confinement represents another strike against freedom of information.

Jun 21, 2016 / Carey Shenkman

Magnitsky Documentary

By Screening ‘The Magnitsky Act,’ the Newseum Stood Up for the First Amendment By Screening ‘The Magnitsky Act,’ the Newseum Stood Up for the First Amendment

Should ultra-wealthy foreign nationals be able to transform their personal vendettas against foreign governments into law?

Jun 20, 2016 / James Carden

The Orlando Massacre’s Moral Imperative: Don’t Propagate Hate

The Orlando Massacre’s Moral Imperative: Don’t Propagate Hate The Orlando Massacre’s Moral Imperative: Don’t Propagate Hate

We need more wisdom and less posturing about the underlying factors—hate, guns and terrorism—rooted in this horror.

Jun 14, 2016 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Guestworkers processing crabs

Seafood Is a Dirtier Business Than You Think Seafood Is a Dirtier Business Than You Think

The global seafood industry is exploitative at each step of the supply chain, from Thailand to the Louisiana Gulf.

Jun 10, 2016 / Michelle Chen

Andrew Cuomo

Governor Cuomo, Put Me on Your BDS Blacklist Governor Cuomo, Put Me on Your BDS Blacklist

One day, when the system of imposed inequality ends in Israel-Palestine, our resistance to it will be looked back on as a badge of honor.

Jun 7, 2016 / Yousef Munayyer

EU and UK Flags

Should We Stay or Should We Go? A Debate Over Brexit Should We Stay or Should We Go? A Debate Over Brexit

Four Brits let us know.

Jun 2, 2016 / That’s Debatable / Helen Lewis, Jon Cruddas, Harris Beider, and Tariq Ali

Stop Torture

The Era of Rogue Justice After 9/11 The Era of Rogue Justice After 9/11

We came perilously close to losing our Bill of Rights protections—and the struggle to restore them is not over.

May 25, 2016 / Feature / Karen J. Greenberg

Trump AIPAC

When Donald Trump Says His Foreign Policy Is ‘America First’—What Exactly Does He Mean? When Donald Trump Says His Foreign Policy Is ‘America First’—What Exactly Does He Mean?

Four experts consider how exactly Trump might go about making America great again.

May 24, 2016 / That’s Debatable / Sherle R. Schwenninger, Heather Hurlburt, Stephen Kinzer, and Juan Cole

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