Richard Holbrooke and the Lost Idealism of a Generation Richard Holbrooke and the Lost Idealism of a Generation
Holbrooke’s public and personal life captures the contradictions of a cohort of liberals that came of age in the 1960s.
Aug 13, 2019 / Books & the Arts / David Klion
The Broken Promise of Colombia’s Peace Deal The Broken Promise of Colombia’s Peace Deal
Will President Iván Duque reignite his country’s 50-year-long civil war?
Aug 13, 2019 / Feature / Jonathan Levi and Marta Orrantia
‘We Call That Love’: Marc Lambert Lamba Defended Cameroon’s LGBT Community ‘We Call That Love’: Marc Lambert Lamba Defended Cameroon’s LGBT Community
Lambert, who died on August 4, was a pioneering LGBT activist who was there to help—even after foreign support dried up.
Aug 12, 2019 / Obituary / Robbie Corey-Boulet
How Indigenous Mexicans Took on Big Energy and Won How Indigenous Mexicans Took on Big Energy and Won
A natural gas pipeline was scheduled to go online in 2017, but TransCanada wasn’t counting on indigenous resistance.
Aug 12, 2019 / Martha Pskowski
Mexico’s Crackdown Is Making the Migrant Crisis Worse Mexico’s Crackdown Is Making the Migrant Crisis Worse
Under pressure from the US to ramp up deterrence, security forces have been implicated in the killing of at least two migrants this year.
Aug 9, 2019 / John Washington
Russia Needs Its Own Bernie Sanders Russia Needs Its Own Bernie Sanders
Can leftist sociologist and columnist Boris Kagarlitsky create room for a new politics in Russia?
Aug 7, 2019 / Nadezhda Azhgikhina
The Meaning of Israel’s Massive Housing Demolitions in East Jerusalem The Meaning of Israel’s Massive Housing Demolitions in East Jerusalem
Destruction at this scale and visibility cannot be understood without grasping its political message; in fact, the scale and visibility are the message.
Aug 6, 2019 / Jeff Halper
Steve Bannon’s Foreign Policy Crusade Against China Steve Bannon’s Foreign Policy Crusade Against China
Bannon joins forces with neocons and re-forms the Committee on the Present Danger to focus on China.
Aug 5, 2019 / James Carden
Feminists and LGBTQ Activists Are Leading the Insurrection in Puerto Rico Feminists and LGBTQ Activists Are Leading the Insurrection in Puerto Rico
These and other grassroots groups are pushing the fight against corruption and austerity.
Aug 2, 2019 / Ed Morales
Why Confrontation With China Threatens the Progressive Agenda Why Confrontation With China Threatens the Progressive Agenda
Playing up the China threat might look like a no-brainer for Democrats trying to beef up their foreign policy credentials. But the strategy could backfire.
Aug 1, 2019 / Jake Werner