A Ceasefire Won’t Stop the War on Palestine A Ceasefire Won’t Stop the War on Palestine
The agreement may reduce the intensity of Israel’s killing spree, but it is likely to usher in a grueling new phase of ethnic cleansing, with Trump’s full support.
Jan 16, 2025 / Tariq Kenney-Shawa
Needed: A Sober Assessment of Putin’s Russia to Help End the War Needed: A Sober Assessment of Putin’s Russia to Help End the War
Putin’s ultimate goal isn’t recreating empire or seeking war with NATO—it’s staying in power.
Jan 16, 2025 / Stephen Crowley
We Have a Ceasefire Deal, but This Isn’t the End We Have a Ceasefire Deal, but This Isn’t the End
World / January 15, 2025 We Have a Ceasefire Deal, but This Isn’t the End The widely reported agreement must hold. We haven’t begun to understand the full scope of the horrors…
Jan 15, 2025 / Mohammad Alsaafin
A Year After Israel Bombed My Family’s Home, I'm Still Trapped in the Ruins A Year After Israel Bombed My Family’s Home, I'm Still Trapped in the Ruins
While the physical scars have mostly healed, the emotional ones remain as fresh as the day Israel brought my home down on me and my family.
Jan 13, 2025 / Feature / Mohammed R. Mhawish
Antony Blinken’s Legacy Is Buried Under the Rubble of Gaza Antony Blinken’s Legacy Is Buried Under the Rubble of Gaza
Despite valedictory speeches, the secretary of state will be remembered not for his successes—or his guitar playing—but for the humanitarian catastrophe he aided and abetted.
Jan 13, 2025 / Jonathan Guyer
Justin Trudeau’s Fecklessness Made Him an Easy Target for MAGA Manifest Destiny Justin Trudeau’s Fecklessness Made Him an Easy Target for MAGA Manifest Destiny
The United States probably won’t annex Canada. But Trump’s imperial dreams are already destabilizing the world.
Jan 10, 2025 / Jeet Heer
We Can't Afford to Ignore This Threat to the People of Gaza We Can't Afford to Ignore This Threat to the People of Gaza
The very air that Gazans breathe could put their health in danger for many years to come.
Jan 9, 2025 / Abdullah Shihipar
Jimmy Carter’s Biographer on the Late President’s Biggest Regret Jimmy Carter’s Biographer on the Late President’s Biggest Regret
Carter summoned Menachem Begin and Anwar Sadat to Camp David to make peace, not apartheid, in the Middle East. But the Israeli president broke his promise to freeze settlements.
Jan 9, 2025 / Kai Bird
The Toxic Legacy of Jean-Marie Le Pen The Toxic Legacy of Jean-Marie Le Pen
The elder Le Pen is dead, but far-right populists across the world still echo his mix of violent rhetoric, brazen lies, and outreach to mainstream conservatives.
Jan 8, 2025 / Obituary / David A. Bell
The Syrian Diaspora in Germany After Assad The Syrian Diaspora in Germany After Assad
Some refugees may return to Syria because they want to live there again. But many won’t—for the same reasons many refugees from Nazi-occupied Europe didn’t after World War II.
Jan 8, 2025 / Linda Mannheim