In a Rebuke to Trump, the Senate Just Voted to Open Debate on US Support of Saudi War in Yemen In a Rebuke to Trump, the Senate Just Voted to Open Debate on US Support of Saudi War in Yemen
A resolution sponsored by Bernie Sanders breaks the deadlock, with a 63-37 vote.
Nov 28, 2018 / John Nichols
Yemen’s Human-Rights Defenders Are Fighting Increasingly Desperate Odds Yemen’s Human-Rights Defenders Are Fighting Increasingly Desperate Odds
“This war will never stop until the international community decides to take action.”
Nov 28, 2018 / Sarah Aziza
They’re Refugees, Fleeing Gang Violence and Domestic Abuse. Why Won’t the Trump Administration Let Them In? They’re Refugees, Fleeing Gang Violence and Domestic Abuse. Why Won’t the Trump Administration Let Them In?
How one immigration case has led to a major impact on asylum claims.
Nov 28, 2018 / Laura Gottesdiener and John Washington
Deal or No Deal? The Season Finale of the United Kingdom Deal or No Deal? The Season Finale of the United Kingdom
No one knows for sure how the Brexit episode will end.
Nov 28, 2018 / Gary Younge
Ukraine’s Pinochet Scenario Ukraine’s Pinochet Scenario
Did President Poroshenko use a clash with Russia to try to shut down internal opposition?
Nov 28, 2018 / Nicolai N. Petro
Bernie Sanders Wants the Senate to End ‘Unauthorized and Unconstitutional’ US Aid to the Saudi Assault on Yemen Bernie Sanders Wants the Senate to End ‘Unauthorized and Unconstitutional’ US Aid to the Saudi Assault on Yemen
He has secured critical backing for a vote to block US support for attacks that are worsening a humanitarian crisis.
Nov 27, 2018 / John Nichols
Has the United States Been Fighting the Wrong War in the Middle East? Has the United States Been Fighting the Wrong War in the Middle East?
If evidence is to be believed…
Nov 27, 2018 / Andrew J. Bacevich
China Has Detained a Million Muslims in Reeducation Camps China Has Detained a Million Muslims in Reeducation Camps
The repression picked up dramatically in 2016, after a top party official who had put down unrest in Tibet was sent to Xinjiang.
Nov 27, 2018 / Umar Farooq
Russian Diplomacy Is Winning the New Cold War Russian Diplomacy Is Winning the New Cold War
Washington’s attempt to “isolate Putin’s Russia” has failed and had the opposite effect.
Nov 21, 2018 / Stephen F. Cohen
How the ‘Natural Family’ Movement Brought Its War of Values to the Balkans How the ‘Natural Family’ Movement Brought Its War of Values to the Balkans
Populist leaders with an increasingly autocratic bent are finding that it pays to jump on this ultraconservative bandwagon.
Nov 21, 2018 / Claudia Ciobanu