Facing Prison, Steven Donziger Refuses to Be Silenced Facing Prison, Steven Donziger Refuses to Be Silenced
The environmentalist lawyer says Chevron has “to try and destroy what I represent.”
Oct 25, 2021 / James North
The New Campaign to Smear Palestinian Human Rights Defenders as Terrorists The New Campaign to Smear Palestinian Human Rights Defenders as Terrorists
In a move that has been condemned as an effort to discredit Palestinian rights organizations, the Israeli government has designated six as “terror organizations.”
Oct 22, 2021 / Mohammed El-Kurd
Were the Recent Haiti Kidnappings Business, Politics—or Both? Were the Recent Haiti Kidnappings Business, Politics—or Both?
Both the assassination of Jovenel Moïse and the recent kidnapping of the Christian missionaries should be seen as a kind of blowback—blowback that has exposed our deplorable and fa...
Oct 21, 2021 / Column / Amy Wilentz
Imran Khan Faces a Standoff With the Pakistani Military Imran Khan Faces a Standoff With the Pakistani Military
The prime minister has refused to sign off on the appointment of the military’s favored candidate for leadership of the country's top intelligence agency.
Oct 21, 2021 / Hasan Ali
Geopolitics Will Cost Us Our Planet Geopolitics Will Cost Us Our Planet
For all of our posturing, we’re doomed if the world’s biggest players aren’t in agreement.
Oct 19, 2021 / Column / Michael T. Klare
Can the Most Powerful Global Tax Organization Shed Its Racist Ways? Can the Most Powerful Global Tax Organization Shed Its Racist Ways?
The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development insists it’s “inclusive,” but it’s still strong-arming countries in the Global South.
Oct 19, 2021 / Steven Dean
The Moon and Six-Pence The Moon and Six-Pence
Pandora’s box. Scenes from our series “The Greater Quiet” for the week of October 11.
Oct 15, 2021 / The Greater Quiet / Steve Brodner
Meet Representative Elaine Luria, Chowderhead Meet Representative Elaine Luria, Chowderhead
The Virginia Democrat wants Congress to give the president the authority to go to war with China. Because the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution was such a shining success.
Oct 14, 2021 / Column / Andrew J. Bacevich
A September to Remember A September to Remember
Embroidering recent history.
Oct 12, 2021 / OppArt / India Tresselt
America’s Long History of Mistreating Haitian Migrants America’s Long History of Mistreating Haitian Migrants
Recent images of Border Patrol agents chasing down Haitians have sparked outrage, but the US has been rounding up, detaining, and deporting asylum seekers from Haiti for decades.
Oct 12, 2021 / Column / Ibrahim Hirsi