Bus Driver’s Son Beats Billionaire’s Son in London Mayoral Race Bus Driver’s Son Beats Billionaire’s Son in London Mayoral Race
Sadiq Khan overcame the smear campaign leveled against him and Labour colleagues to take back the capital after eight years of Tory rule.
May 6, 2016 / D.D. Guttenplan
Are Brazil’s Corruption Scandals Finally Hitting the Olympics? Are Brazil’s Corruption Scandals Finally Hitting the Olympics?
The majority of the members of Brazil’s Congress are under investigation or facing charges. Of course the Olympics are corrupt.
May 6, 2016 / Dave Zirin
Greece Has New Independent Media—If You Want It Greece Has New Independent Media—If You Want It
Athens Live aims to provide journalism to a country with notoriously corrupt news outlets.
May 5, 2016 / Jessica Corbett
The Left Is Winning the Debate. Now What? The Left Is Winning the Debate. Now What?
The days of standing for office just to make a point may be over.
May 5, 2016 / Column / Gary Younge
Is War With Russia Possible? Is War With Russia Possible?
The US is undermining opportunities for cooperation in Syria and Ukraine, while escalating NATO’s military presence near Russia.
May 4, 2016 / Stephen F. Cohen
100 Years After the Rising, Sinn Féin Fights a New Foe: Austerity 100 Years After the Rising, Sinn Féin Fights a New Foe: Austerity
A new generation sees hope in the party.
May 4, 2016 / Feature / Laura Flanders
Will a Nasty Row Over Alleged Anti-Semitism Ruin Sadiq Khan’s Chances of Becoming London’s Mayor? Will a Nasty Row Over Alleged Anti-Semitism Ruin Sadiq Khan’s Chances of Becoming London’s Mayor?
Tory allegations against him and other Labour leaders have turned the election into a test of common decency.
May 3, 2016 / D.D. Guttenplan
Did South Sudan’s Salva Kiir Really Just Endorse Trump? Did South Sudan’s Salva Kiir Really Just Endorse Trump?
No, but when a satirical newspaper reported that the cowboy hat–wearing president of South Sudan did, nearly everyone found it plausible.
May 3, 2016 / Nick Turse
Berta Cáceres’s Killers Are Getting Good at the PR Game Berta Cáceres’s Killers Are Getting Good at the PR Game
State terrorists in Honduras have learned that to be effective, they can’t just kill and torture. They also have to be able to tell good stories.
May 3, 2016 / Greg Grandin
Bernie Sanders Should Push for a New Realism in Foreign Policy Bernie Sanders Should Push for a New Realism in Foreign Policy
Sanders is helping to energize and educate a new generation coming into American politics—it is imperative that a real security agenda be part of that education.
May 3, 2016 / Katrina vanden Heuvel