Regions and Countries

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The Honduran Government Is Trying to Steal an Election The Honduran Government Is Trying to Steal an Election

It’s increasingly clear that a majority of voters have had enough of US-backed President Juan Orlando Hernández.

Dec 6, 2017 / Miguel Salazar

Pakistan Drone Protest

In Pakistan’s Tribal Areas, Collective Punishment Is the Law of the Land In Pakistan’s Tribal Areas, Collective Punishment Is the Law of the Land

Civilians here, who live under an outdated colonial regime, have been terrorized by US drone strikes and extremist Islamists for many years.

Dec 6, 2017 / Umar Farooq

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The Trump Team Definitely Colluded With a Foreign Power—Just Not the One You Think The Trump Team Definitely Colluded With a Foreign Power—Just Not the One You Think

Why are the media paying scant attention to Michael Flynn’s admissions about Israel?

Dec 5, 2017 / Aaron Maté

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Who Could Have Predicted Trump? Poland, and Hungary, and Slovakia. Who Could Have Predicted Trump? Poland, and Hungary, and Slovakia.

After the Cold War, right-wing populists surged to power by exploiting economic uncertainty.

Dec 5, 2017 / John Feffer

Susan Meiselas’s Redemptive Time

Susan Meiselas’s Redemptive Time Susan Meiselas’s Redemptive Time

In her new photo-memoir, the photographer returns to the origin of her career to reflect on all she’s remembered, and why it’s worth remembering.

Dec 5, 2017 / Ratik Asokan

Anastasia Baburina

In Russia, Independent Media Voices Are Becoming Targets Again In Russia, Independent Media Voices Are Becoming Targets Again

More than 20 journalists have been killed in the last 15 years. Lack of information is the key reason for the culture of impunity.

Dec 1, 2017 / Nadezhda Azhgikhina

NYU Abu Dhabi

The Limits of the Global Network University: An Open Letter The Limits of the Global Network University: An Open Letter

The American Association of University Professors, the Middle Eastern Studies Association, and NYU Sanctuary have all issued statements calling on NYU to publicly and forcefully de...

Nov 30, 2017 / StudentNation / StudentNation

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Trump Is Now Openly Supporting Fascists Trump Is Now Openly Supporting Fascists

Britain First is and always has been deeply fascist in inclination and action—and now the president is retweeting its leader’s hate speech.

Nov 30, 2017 / Sasha Abramsky

Trump Jingping Beijing

Trump Begins to Feel His Way Toward a Post-American World Trump Begins to Feel His Way Toward a Post-American World

Whether or not by design, Trump seems to recognize that Xi’s dynamically emergent China has to be accommodated, not resisted.

Nov 30, 2017 / Patrick Lawrence

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‘The Party Continues’: Don’t Expect Big Changes in Southern Africa ‘The Party Continues’: Don’t Expect Big Changes in Southern Africa

Robert Mugabe and Isabel dos Santos might be out, but the region’s ruling parties aren’t going anywhere.

Nov 29, 2017 / Judith Matloff

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