What Are American Soldiers Actually Dying For? What Are American Soldiers Actually Dying For?
It’s time to reconsider whether the United States is really a force for good in the Middle East.
Sep 7, 2017 / Danny Sjursen
Letters From the September 25-October 2, 2017, Issue Letters From the September 25-October 2, 2017, Issue
Labour pains… City vs. country…
Sep 7, 2017 / Letters / Our Readers and John Harris
Germany’s Working Poor Germany’s Working Poor
The Germans now face the highest number of impoverished workers in a decade, thanks to the draconian Hartz IV unemployment law.
Sep 6, 2017 / Between Us, We Cover the World / Olivier Cyran
Does Putin Really Want to ‘Destabilize the West’? Does Putin Really Want to ‘Destabilize the West’?
Just as there is no forensic evidence of a Kremlin “attack on our democracy” in 2016, there is no political logic for Putin’s alleged motives.
Sep 6, 2017 / Stephen F. Cohen
Myanmar’s Reformist Mask Hides a Rohingya Refugee Crisis Myanmar’s Reformist Mask Hides a Rohingya Refugee Crisis
Over 120,000 refugees have flooded into neighboring Bangladesh in less than a month.
Sep 5, 2017 / Michelle Chen
Germany’s Dirty Secret: Climate Activists Take Aim at Europe’s Largest Coal Industry Germany’s Dirty Secret: Climate Activists Take Aim at Europe’s Largest Coal Industry
Amid a growing anti-coal movement, thousands of masked protesters in hooded white jumpsuits block Germany’s coal infrastructure.
Aug 29, 2017 / Paul Hockenos
When Salvador Allende Told Us Happiness Is a Human Right When Salvador Allende Told Us Happiness Is a Human Right
Now, for the first time, an adviser recalls a remarkable 1971 conversation with Chile’s socialist leader.
Aug 25, 2017 / Feature / Luis Sepúlveda
Growing Up With Big Brother Growing Up With Big Brother
A historian tracks half a century of evolving state surveillance.
Aug 24, 2017 / Alfred McCoy
The Lost Alternatives of Mikhail Gorbachev The Lost Alternatives of Mikhail Gorbachev
Thirty years ago, the last Soviet leader gave the world the possibilities of a democratic Russia and (with Ronald Reagan) an end to Cold War and nuclear arms races. Today, it is as...
Aug 24, 2017 / Stephen F. Cohen
Mathias Énard’s Alternative Cosmopolitanism Mathias Énard’s Alternative Cosmopolitanism
Ranging across the Mediterranean, his novels map out the intermediate space between East and West.
Aug 24, 2017 / Books & the Arts / Jesse McCarthy