Long Live Seattle’s Autonomous Zone Long Live Seattle’s Autonomous Zone
The Capitol Hill Organized Protest shares a rich legacy with Mexico’s Zapatistas and other resistance movements across the Americas.
Jun 23, 2020 / Hanna Wallis
Latinxs Don’t Need to Speak Spanish Latinxs Don’t Need to Speak Spanish
Julián Castro and AOC have recently amplified a dialogue on Latinx identity and language. The conversation should also acknowledge groups that don’t traditionally speak Spanish.
Jun 18, 2020 / Jack Herrera
Jair Bolsonaro Isn’t Just a Hazard to Brazil’s Health Jair Bolsonaro Isn’t Just a Hazard to Brazil’s Health
Brazil’s president and Argentina’s Alberto Fernández offer opposing visions of politics in the age of Covid-19.
Jun 18, 2020 / Jacob Sugarman
Time to Fundamentally Rethink What Trump Means by Security Time to Fundamentally Rethink What Trump Means by Security
The challenge for his successor will be how to dig out from the rubble.
Jun 2, 2020 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Cuba Has Sent 2,000 Doctors and Nurses Overseas to Fight Covid-19 Cuba Has Sent 2,000 Doctors and Nurses Overseas to Fight Covid-19
The Trump administration describes Cuba’s medical response teams as “slaves”—we asked the doctors for their take.
May 22, 2020 / Ed Augustin
Is Mexico’s ‘Mayan Train’ a Boondoggle? Is Mexico’s ‘Mayan Train’ a Boondoggle?
Opponents warn that it will not only devastate the Yucatán’s ecosystem but also trigger unsustainable development and further marginalize local communities.
May 22, 2020 / Meaghan Beatley and Sam Edwards
Covid-19 Is Forcing an Exodus From Peru’s Cities Covid-19 Is Forcing an Exodus From Peru’s Cities
On the streets of Lima, hundreds of thousands of people have started walking back to their hometowns.
May 11, 2020 / Photo Essay / Musuk Nolte, The Nation, and Magnum Foundation
How Poetry Can Bear Witness to Crisis and Revolution How Poetry Can Bear Witness to Crisis and Revolution
We talked to Carolyn Forché about her first book of poetry in 17 years.
Apr 22, 2020 / Q&A / John Washington
Brazil’s Bolsonaro Is Bonkers—but There’s a Method to His Madness Brazil’s Bolsonaro Is Bonkers—but There’s a Method to His Madness
He’s the only head of state able to out-Trump Trump in sheer recklessness and social-networked delirium.
Apr 22, 2020 / Andy Robinson
Refugees in the Time of Covid-19 Refugees in the Time of Covid-19
Fleeing gangs and stalked by violence, thousands of asylum-seekers trapped in Mexico now face the pandemic.
Apr 21, 2020 / Arun Gupta and Michelle Fawcett