The Democratic Party Attacks on Ilhan Omar Are a Travesty The Democratic Party Attacks on Ilhan Omar Are a Travesty
I’m Jewish and have worked against anti-Semitism for decades. I was sitting a few feet from Omar at Busboys & Poets and I heard nothing—nothing—that smacked of anti-Semitism, o...
Mar 5, 2019 / Phyllis Bennis
US Immigration Is Stuck in the Stone Age—and It’s Putting Lives In Danger US Immigration Is Stuck in the Stone Age—and It’s Putting Lives In Danger
In Trump’s America, paperwork can be lethal.
Mar 5, 2019 / Daniel Moattar
How Mumbai’s Sanitation Workers Won Their Rights How Mumbai’s Sanitation Workers Won Their Rights
This union movement used both legal strategies and confrontational methods to successfully organize Dalit workers.
Mar 5, 2019 / Sujatha Fernandes
Israel’s Netanyahu May Be Indicted—but He Could Still Be Reelected Israel’s Netanyahu May Be Indicted—but He Could Still Be Reelected
Bribery, fraud, breach of trust… oh, and possible war crimes, too.
Mar 1, 2019 / Mairav Zonszein
Climate Change Is Here—and It Looks Like Starvation Climate Change Is Here—and It Looks Like Starvation
But don’t expect to hear about it on the nightly news.
Mar 1, 2019 / Ben Ehrenreich
War-Weary Pakistan Is Ready for Peace War-Weary Pakistan Is Ready for Peace
As peace rallies were being held in Pakistan, much of the media in India were pushing for war.
Mar 1, 2019 / Rafia Zakaria
The End of Our World Order Is Imminent The End of Our World Order Is Imminent
At least 200 empires have risen and fallen over the course of history, and the United States will be no exception.
Feb 28, 2019 / Alfred McCoy
The Trump-Kim Talks Ended Abruptly—but Negotiations Will Continue The Trump-Kim Talks Ended Abruptly—but Negotiations Will Continue
There was no historic agreement, but even the hawk Mike Pompeo admitted the two sides made “real progress.”
Feb 28, 2019 / Tim Shorrock and Kathleen Ok-soo Richards
Trump’s Other ‘National Emergency’: Sanctions That Kill Venezuelans Trump’s Other ‘National Emergency’: Sanctions That Kill Venezuelans
The humanitarian crisis will get rapidly worse if the most recent sanctions continue.
Feb 28, 2019 / Mark Weisbrot
Not Even Prison Walls Can Silence Duterte’s Nemesis Not Even Prison Walls Can Silence Duterte’s Nemesis
Amid a crackdown on independent media, the defiant Philippine Senator Leila de Lima enters her third year as a political prisoner.
Feb 27, 2019 / Walden Bello