Nation Building

Israel’s Mizrahi Activists Are Fighting the Racist Nation-State Law

Israel’s Mizrahi Activists Are Fighting the Racist Nation-State Law Israel’s Mizrahi Activists Are Fighting the Racist Nation-State Law

Echoing the country’s Black Panther movement of the early 1970s, they’re challenging the false binary of Arab vs. Jew, which the law strengthens.

May 27, 2020 / Jen Marlowe

A man walking with a face mask in Kibera, a slum of Nairobi

Africa Is Not Waiting to Be Saved From the Coronavirus Africa Is Not Waiting to Be Saved From the Coronavirus

If reporting doesn’t improve, the creativity and agency of swaths of humanity will be lost to history.

May 11, 2020 / no-paywall / Nanjala Nyabola

The Racial Politics of ‘Return’

The Racial Politics of ‘Return’ The Racial Politics of ‘Return’

Tourism initiatives in Ghana and beyond leave out black people without the economic means to travel.

Apr 10, 2020 / Edna Bonhomme

Tom Tomorrow cartoon

Trump’s Crisis Mismanagement Trump’s Crisis Mismanagement

He's denying and blaming, lying and backtracking, and declaring victory as thousands are dying. Is that the American Way?

Apr 7, 2020 / Tom Tomorrow

Afghans Imagine a Future of Lasting Peace

Afghans Imagine a Future of Lasting Peace Afghans Imagine a Future of Lasting Peace

The US-Taliban peace agreement has seeded hope for Afghans living in a Kabul-based internally displaced peoples camp.

Mar 11, 2020 / Mohammed Harun Arsalai and Mohsin Khan Momand

Green Berets at a training in Nevada

Would the Draft Help End America’s Endless Wars? Would the Draft Help End America’s Endless Wars?

While most Americans love the military, they also have no experience with it.

Mar 11, 2020 / Nan Levinson

Is This the End of Rojava?

Is This the End of Rojava? Is This the End of Rojava?

The Kurdish region of northeast Syria was autonomous for seven years, but had to ask the Syrian government for protection after an invasion by Turkey.

Feb 18, 2020 / Between Us, We Cover the World / Mireille Court and Chris Den Hond

Iraqis Want Iran and the US Out

Iraqis Want Iran and the US Out Iraqis Want Iran and the US Out

The US and Iran have de facto collaborated in and over Iraq for decades. Iraqis are now protesting against both.

Feb 12, 2020 / Between Us, We Cover the World / Gilbert Achcar

US Warships near Korean Peninsula

The 2010s Were a Decade of Imperial Overreach. Trump Is Making It Worse. The 2010s Were a Decade of Imperial Overreach. Trump Is Making It Worse.

Historically, such an approach does not end well, and there is ample evidence that Trump’s foreign policy is failing nearly everywhere.

Jan 7, 2020 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Soldiers Mourn

We Have Just Been Handed the Pentagon Papers of Our Generation We Have Just Been Handed the Pentagon Papers of Our Generation

The Afghanistan Papers are a devastating indictment of our military and political leaders. The question is: Will anyone notice?

Dec 13, 2019 / Danny Sjursen

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