The Gaza Strip Has Been Under Siege for Years. Covid-19 Could Be Catastrophic. The Gaza Strip Has Been Under Siege for Years. Covid-19 Could Be Catastrophic.
Israel, which continues to control Gaza’s borders, has for decades intentionally weakened the economy and health of the world’s largest open-air prison.
Mar 25, 2020 / Neve Gordon
Lessons From Wuhan Lessons From Wuhan
If we don’t debate a democratic response to pandemics now, we risk ceding leadership to tyrants.
Mar 25, 2020 / Mike Davis
Letters From the April 6, 2020, Issue Letters From the April 6, 2020, Issue
The rest is commentary…
Mar 24, 2020 / Susie Linfield and Joshua Leifer
Honduras’s Deadly Water Wars Honduras’s Deadly Water Wars
In the lush Bajo Aguán valley, successive land and water conflicts have left over 150 people dead. And the fight is not over yet.
Mar 24, 2020 / Jared Olson
The Fight to Keep the Mediterranean Free of Oil Drilling The Fight to Keep the Mediterranean Free of Oil Drilling
Activists are winning important fights against hydrocarbon exploration in the Mediterranean—but so much is still at stake.
Mar 24, 2020 / Feature / Eurydice Bersi
The Coronavirus Exposes the Foolishness of the US Sanctions Policy The Coronavirus Exposes the Foolishness of the US Sanctions Policy
For Iran, in particular, sanctions have not merely hobbled the country’s response to the virus but also helped fuel its spread.
Mar 23, 2020 / Annelle Sheline
Cuba’s Welcome to a Covid-19-Stricken Cruise Ship Reflects a Long Pattern of Global Humanitarian Commitment Cuba’s Welcome to a Covid-19-Stricken Cruise Ship Reflects a Long Pattern of Global Humanitarian Commitment
“Thank you, Cuba…. We will never ever forget that you reached out to us when absolutely nobody, and I mean nobody, else would.’’
Mar 21, 2020 / Peter Kornbluh
How South Korea Triumphed, and the US Floundered, Over the Pandemic How South Korea Triumphed, and the US Floundered, Over the Pandemic
Testing, national health care, and transparency saved the day.
Mar 20, 2020 / Tim Shorrock
The Sudanese Ousted a Dictator Last Year—Why Is Washington Still Imposing Sanctions? The Sudanese Ousted a Dictator Last Year—Why Is Washington Still Imposing Sanctions?
Middle East scholar Stephen Zunes talks about Sudan’s hopeful but uncertain future in the wake of its peaceful democratic revolution.
Mar 20, 2020 / Q&A / Mitchell Plitnick
We’re Struggling With the Coronavirus in Spain—but We’re Vastly More Prepared Than the US We’re Struggling With the Coronavirus in Spain—but We’re Vastly More Prepared Than the US
I am locked down in Barcelona, but at least there is universal health care and a tradition of mutual support.
Mar 19, 2020 / Feature / Ben Ehrenreich