For Most Syrians, the Problem Isn’t ISIS—It’s Assad For Most Syrians, the Problem Isn’t ISIS—It’s Assad
Hospital workers in Syria, barely able to keep up with demand, are desperate to reduce the supply. Their plea: Stop the killing.
Nov 2, 2015 / Majed Aboali
‘Make No Mistake About It, This Is a War’ ‘Make No Mistake About It, This Is a War’
U.S. ground troops are being sent to Syria without congressional authorization. Why are so few members speaking up?
Nov 2, 2015 / John Nichols
A Military-Backed Comedian Will Be Guatemala’s Next President. Activists Aren’t Laughing. A Military-Backed Comedian Will Be Guatemala’s Next President. Activists Aren’t Laughing.
Amid rising violence against human-rights defenders, Guatemalan activists are counting on an emboldened civil society to take on their next president.
Nov 2, 2015 / Lindsay Bigda
November 2, 1917: The Balfour Declaration Promises British Support for a ‘National Home for the Jewish People’ November 2, 1917: The Balfour Declaration Promises British Support for a ‘National Home for the Jewish People’
“Its implications are science, industry, democracy, the whole growth of that torturous and bloody liberation of the masses of men from their oppressors in which consists the humani...
Nov 2, 2015 / Richard Kreitner
November 1, 1993: The Maastricht Treaty Is Ratified, Setting Up the European Union November 1, 1993: The Maastricht Treaty Is Ratified, Setting Up the European Union
“Some think the capitalist invasion must be fought within national borders, while others believe the battle must be waged on the European front.”
Nov 1, 2015 / Richard Kreitner
Ahead of Elections, Turkey’s Left Is Under Attack Ahead of Elections, Turkey’s Left Is Under Attack
As Erdogan’s war on the Kurdish minority expands to include the entire opposition, what started as solidarity between the Turkish and the Kurdish left has now become two fronts in ...
Oct 29, 2015 / Anna Lekas Miller
Welcome to America, Where We Fight for the Freedom to Visit Disney World Welcome to America, Where We Fight for the Freedom to Visit Disney World
That’s why we went to war in Iraq and Afghanistan, right?
Oct 29, 2015 / Tom Engelhardt
Turkey Has Its Own Ben Carson, and the Bad News Is That He’s Already President Turkey Has Its Own Ben Carson, and the Bad News Is That He’s Already President
With Syria’s civil war to its south and renewed conflict in Kurdistan, Turkey faces growing instability. But perhaps the greatest threat is a Putin-style autocracy.
Oct 29, 2015 / Juan Cole
Can Haiti’s Corrupt President Hold On to Power? Can Haiti’s Corrupt President Hold On to Power?
Michel Martelly is trying to impose a successor amid widespread public anger at government repression and failure to rebuild after the earthquake.
Oct 29, 2015 / James North
The Trouble With Jeremy Corbyn’s Mainstream Revolution The Trouble With Jeremy Corbyn’s Mainstream Revolution
His supporters are, as yet, anything but socialist zealots—and that’s gonna be a problem.
Oct 29, 2015 / Column / Gary Younge