Regions and Countries

Gaza Is Still Under Attack—but You Wouldn’t Know It From the Media

Gaza Is Still Under Attack—but You Wouldn’t Know It From the Media Gaza Is Still Under Attack—but You Wouldn’t Know It From the Media

A young medical student speaks out about life in the besieged Strip, the persistence of Israeli attacks, and the need for real solidarity.

Jul 6, 2021 / Amal Haddad

Gayatri Spivak: ‘The Subaltern Speaks Through Dying’

Gayatri Spivak: ‘The Subaltern Speaks Through Dying’ Gayatri Spivak: ‘The Subaltern Speaks Through Dying’

A conversation on the educational empowerment of rural poor in India, and the evolution of Spivak's thinking about state and citizen.

Jul 6, 2021 / 2021 Year in Review / Francis Wade

Imran Khan

The US Finds Itself on the Wrong Side of Imran Khan’s Populism The US Finds Itself on the Wrong Side of Imran Khan’s Populism

Widely blamed for mismanaging the economy—and hemorrhaging support since he was elected amid accusations of vote rigging in 2018—Khan seems to believe that running against the US i...

Jul 5, 2021 / Hasan Ali

Evil Donald Rumsfeld

War Criminal Found Dead at 88 War Criminal Found Dead at 88

The human and economic costs of Donald Rumsfeld’s wars are staggering.

Jul 1, 2021 / Phyllis Bennis

Viet Thanh Nguyen

‘We Have to Make Our Nation Confront What It Doesn’t Want to Remember’ ‘We Have to Make Our Nation Confront What It Doesn’t Want to Remember’

A conversation with Pulitzer Prize–winning novelist Viet Thanh Nguyen.

Jun 30, 2021 / Editorial / Katrina vanden Heuvel

The Human Cost of 10 Years of Conflict in Syria

The Human Cost of 10 Years of Conflict in Syria The Human Cost of 10 Years of Conflict in Syria

A decade after the first shots were fired, cities are in ruins, over half a million Syrians have died, and more than ten million have been displaced.

Jun 30, 2021 / Feature / John Washington

Biden’s Failure to End Trump’s War on Cuba Is Threatening Lives

Biden’s Failure to End Trump’s War on Cuba Is Threatening Lives Biden’s Failure to End Trump’s War on Cuba Is Threatening Lives

The president promised to return to Obama’s policies of engagement with Cuba, but the embargo and other Trump-era restrictions remain in place.

Jun 29, 2021 / Danny Glover

Ebrahim Raisi

Low Turnout Embarrasses Hard-Liners in Iran Low Turnout Embarrasses Hard-Liners in Iran

The religious right captured the presidency, but voters still registered their dissent.

Jun 28, 2021 / Dostmohammad Punjabi

Trickle Down

Trickle Down Trickle Down

Bottom’s up

Jun 24, 2021 / OppArt / Eric Hanson

Work in Progress

Work in Progress Work in Progress

Making a film together, alone, on two continents, in two languages, in a pandemic.

Jun 23, 2021 / Something Is Happening Here / Divad Durant

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