Can a United Left Win in Macron’s France? Can a United Left Win in Macron’s France?
France’s left unity coalition is poised to send a crop of activists into the National Assembly, though critics say it could be even more representative of its diverse base.
Jun 9, 2022 / Cole Stangler
America Has Its Own Problems to Worry About America Has Its Own Problems to Worry About
Neither Russian “fascism” nor its Chinese variant poses a significant danger to American democracy, which is actually threatened from within.
Jun 8, 2022 / Andrew J. Bacevich
Alaa Abd el-Fattah and the Hope of a Generation Alaa Abd el-Fattah and the Hope of a Generation
In the essays of You Have Not Yet Been Defeated, the Egyptian activist and blogger reminds us that democracy flourishes and falters at the interstices, the in-between spaces, and t...
Jun 7, 2022 / Books & the Arts / Hussein Omar
The End of the Nordic Ideal The End of the Nordic Ideal
Finland and Sweden long held that the Nordic social model was incompatible with NATO membership. The invasion of Ukraine has changed that.
Jun 7, 2022 / Heikki Patomäki
The Dangers of Biden’s Lesser-Evilism in India The Dangers of Biden’s Lesser-Evilism in India
Building an anti-China coalition, the president turns a blind eye to Narendra Modi’s increasingly authoritarian rule.
Jun 3, 2022 / Jeet Heer
The Radical, Transnational Legacy of Tiananmen Workers The Radical, Transnational Legacy of Tiananmen Workers
China’s labor-led protests modeled a more ambitious kind of politics than the one crafted by the Tiananmen student liberals.
Jun 3, 2022 / Promise Li
Monkeypox Is Not a Gay Disease Monkeypox Is Not a Gay Disease
But it has arrived in our community—and our decades of experience dealing with HIV give us the chance to get things right from the outset.
Jun 2, 2022 / Gregg Gonsalves
Raw Speech, Raw Stories: A Conversation With Fernanda Melchor Raw Speech, Raw Stories: A Conversation With Fernanda Melchor
Her new novel, Paradais, is an explosive exploration of the boundaries of the Spanish language and the the banal brutality of everyday violence.
Jun 2, 2022 / Books & the Arts / Lucas Iberico Lozada
“The Streets Belong to the People” of Rio de Janeiro “The Streets Belong to the People” of Rio de Janeiro
The foliões were not dissuaded from gathering after the mayor called off the street parties earlier this year because of Covid. And the party isn’t over.
Jun 1, 2022 / Nicole Froio
The Injustices Endured by Native American Youths Continue to This Day The Injustices Endured by Native American Youths Continue to This Day
Countless Native American young people are being robbed of their chance to live safe and fulfilling lives.
Jun 1, 2022 / Katrina vanden Heuvel