Regions and Countries

Ignacio Escolar

The Spanish Media Are the Worst in Europe. These Upstarts Are Trying to Change That. The Spanish Media Are the Worst in Europe. These Upstarts Are Trying to Change That.

A broad range of leftist media projects committed to democracy and transparency have flourished in recent years.

Sep 15, 2015 / Sebastiaan Faber and Bécquer Seguín

Migrants and Austrian police

How Xenophobia Could Ruin the Best Thing About the EU How Xenophobia Could Ruin the Best Thing About the EU

If the European Union can’t agree on a common resettlement policy for refugees, one of its signal achievements—open borders among member nations—could disappear.

Sep 14, 2015 / Daniel Trilling

September 13, 1993: Israel and the PLO Sign the Oslo Accords

September 13, 1993: Israel and the PLO Sign the Oslo Accords September 13, 1993: Israel and the PLO Sign the Oslo Accords

“Did the weakness of the Palestinians—exhausted, financially bereft, diplomatically ignored—lead to the acceptance of a bargain that will soon strike the younger generation as a be...

Sep 13, 2015 / Richard Kreitner

Labour Party leadership candidate Jeremy Corbyn (Reuters/Russell Cheyne)

Can Jeremy Corbyn Free Labour From the Dead Hand of Tony Blair? Can Jeremy Corbyn Free Labour From the Dead Hand of Tony Blair?

Once considered a fringe candidate, Corbyn won a huge mandate. But can he consolidate the party and keep new voters energized?

Sep 12, 2015 / D.D. Guttenplan

Guatemala protests

Guatemala’s Civil Society Just Did the Impossible Guatemala’s Civil Society Just Did the Impossible

Guatemalans banded together to depose a corrupt administration with dark connections to human rights violations. But another election looms, and the candidates don’t inspire confid...

Sep 11, 2015 / Patricia Davis

Netanyahu at AIPAC meeting

AIPAC Spent Millions of Dollars to Defeat the Iran Deal. Instead, It May Have Destroyed Itself. AIPAC Spent Millions of Dollars to Defeat the Iran Deal. Instead, It May Have Destroyed Itself.

The powerful Israel lobby has been badly damaged, and that’s good news for both Palestinians and Israelis.

Sep 11, 2015 / M.J. Rosenberg

Chile Allende coup

The TPP Will Finish What Chile’s Dictatorship Started The TPP Will Finish What Chile’s Dictatorship Started

Salvador Allende warned against neoliberalism’s disastrous effects just before he was overthrown. He was right to be worried.

Sep 11, 2015 / Greg Grandin

September 11, 2001: ‘A Great Wound’

September 11, 2001: ‘A Great Wound’ September 11, 2001: ‘A Great Wound’

“If we are shrewd about ourselves and truly brave, citizens will not yield to hysteria—or accept draconian new laws that undermine civil liberties—but will force these difficult qu...

Sep 11, 2015 / Richard Kreitner

Brigadier General James Linder

The United States Is Training Militaries With Dubious Human Rights Records—Again The United States Is Training Militaries With Dubious Human Rights Records—Again

American special forces are still conducting training for some of Africa’s most notorious paramilitaries.

Sep 10, 2015 / Nick Turse

A man carries a child as migrants and refugees arrive on a dinghy after crossing from Turkey to Lesbos island, Greece.

Tell the United States to Accept More Refugees and Asylum-Seekers From Syria Tell the United States to Accept More Refugees and Asylum-Seekers From Syria

Join The Nation, Katrina vanden Heuvel, and MoveOn in calling on the United States to take in more Syrian refugees.

Sep 10, 2015 / NationAction

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