World Leaders

Jose Antonio Kast delivers a speech in front of his supporters after being elected.

Chile at the Crossroads Chile at the Crossroads

A dramatic shift to the extreme right threatens the future—and past—for human rights and accountability.

Dec 19, 2025 / Peter Kornbluh

Trump speaks at a NATO Summit

The New Europeans, Trump-Style The New Europeans, Trump-Style

Donald Trump is sowing division in the European Union, even as he calls on it to spend more on defense.

Dec 18, 2025 / David Broder

Two US Marine Corps MV-22 Ospreys depart at Mercedita International Airport on December 16, 2025, in Ponce, Puerto Rico. The Trump administration is conducting a military campaign in the Caribbean and eastern Pacific, deploying naval and air forces for what it calls an anti-drugs offensive.

The United States’ Hidden History of Regime Change—Revisited The United States’ Hidden History of Regime Change—Revisited

The truculent trio—Trump, Hegseth, and Rubio—do Venezuela.

Dec 18, 2025 / Barbara Koeppel

Donald’s

Donald’s Donald’s

Millions killed.

Dec 18, 2025 / OppArt / Mark Kaplan

The King of Deportations

The King of Deportations The King of Deportations

ICE’s illegal tactics and extreme force put immigrants in danger.

Dec 17, 2025 / OppArt / Felipe Galindo

Recently discharged Marine Faris Touhy recreates an image of him drinking a cup of coffee after two days of fighting on Eniwetok Atoll in February, 1944.

David Nasaw’s Unsparing Tour of America’s World War II and Its Aftermath David Nasaw’s Unsparing Tour of America’s World War II and Its Aftermath

A gimlet-eyed and honest accounting of the war’s hidden costs that still affect us today.

Dec 16, 2025 / Richard Parker

What to Do With the Ballroom in 2029?

What to Do With the Ballroom in 2029? What to Do With the Ballroom in 2029?

Kristi Kremed.

Dec 12, 2025 / Steve Brodner

King of Deadly Illegal Boat Strikes

King of Deadly Illegal Boat Strikes King of Deadly Illegal Boat Strikes

Since September 2, the US has carried out more than 20 strikes on vessels suspected of drug trafficking in both the southern Caribbean and the eastern Pacific. At least 83 people h...

Dec 11, 2025 / OppArt / Felipe Galindo

Trump Foreign Policy

Trump’s National Security Strategy and the Big Con Trump’s National Security Strategy and the Big Con

Sense, nonsense, and lunacy.

Dec 10, 2025 / Robert L. Borosage

Oleksandr Ibrahimov, 56, a security guard working for 35 years at the House of Trade Unions, finds a sunflower growing amidst wreckage.

Ukraine’s War on Its Unions Ukraine’s War on Its Unions

Since the start of the war, the Ukrainian government has been cracking down harder on unions and workers’ rights. But slowly, the public mood is shifting.

Dec 9, 2025 / David Zauner

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