World Leaders

Cuba Embargo Lifted

Tell Your Senators: Don’t Let Donald Trump Take Our Cuba Policy Backwards Tell Your Senators: Don’t Let Donald Trump Take Our Cuba Policy Backwards

A bipartisan group of senators has introduced a bill that would guarantee Americans the right to travel to Cuba.

Jun 8, 2017 / no-paywall / NationAction

jeremy corbyn rally

Bernie Sanders Is Super Excited About Jeremy Corbyn’s Anti-Austerity Campaign Bernie Sanders Is Super Excited About Jeremy Corbyn’s Anti-Austerity Campaign

You should be too.

Jun 7, 2017 / John Nichols

US Warships near Korean Peninsula

Trump’s Handling of North Korea Is Going to Lead Us Straight Into Nuclear Disaster Trump’s Handling of North Korea Is Going to Lead Us Straight Into Nuclear Disaster

Public strong-arming isn’t the key to de-escalating confrontation—it’s the key to igniting it.

Jun 5, 2017 / Rajan Menon

Haram al Sharif during the 1967 war

The Historians’ War Over the Six-Day War The Historians’ War Over the Six-Day War

Ever since 1967, writers have been debating the conflict.

Jun 5, 2017 / Guy Laron

Post-Partisan Wunderkind

Post-Partisan Wunderkind Post-Partisan Wunderkind

What does the ascent of Sebastian Kurz say about the Austrian political landscape, and the state of European parties in general?

Jun 5, 2017 / Paweł Marczewski

British elections

Could Labour’s Corbyn Actually Win the British Elections? Could Labour’s Corbyn Actually Win the British Elections?

Theresa May seems to shrink by the day, with her lead now in the single digits, while Corbyn has found his voice.

Jun 2, 2017 / Maria Margaronis

What Can the Left Do About Trump?

What Can the Left Do About Trump? What Can the Left Do About Trump?

Jim Zirin in conversation with Katrina vanden Heuvel.

Jun 1, 2017 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Jeremy Corby 2017 Election

Is Britain Also Feeling the Bern? Is Britain Also Feeling the Bern?

When bold populism gets a fair hearing, funny things start to happen. 

Jun 1, 2017 / Robert L. Borosage

Trump Boards Plane

Terrorism and the Perils of ‘Russiagate’ Terrorism and the Perils of ‘Russiagate’

As Trump and Putin strive for an essential US-Russia alliance against international terrorism, American media frenzy, fueled by anonymous leaks, continues to thwart it.

May 31, 2017 / Stephen F. Cohen

Trump in Saudi Arabia

What Explains Trump’s Sharp About-Face on Saudi Arabia? What Explains Trump’s Sharp About-Face on Saudi Arabia?

It has more than a little to do with the power of the Saudi lobby—as well as the administration’s deep hostility toward Iran.

May 22, 2017 / James Carden

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