‘Ruin Our Territory—for What?’ ‘Ruin Our Territory—for What?’
A massive standoff over a pipeline through Wet’suwet’en land is pushing Canada to confront how it deals with Indigenous rights.
Mar 5, 2020 / Jillian Kestler-D’Amours
‘The Government Has Done This’: Inside India’s Muslim Pogrom ‘The Government Has Done This’: Inside India’s Muslim Pogrom
The RSS is driving both the anti-Muslim attacks and the decisions of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party.
Mar 5, 2020 / Fahad Shah
Delhi Is On Fire, and My Kashmiri Parents Are in Prison Delhi Is On Fire, and My Kashmiri Parents Are in Prison
India’s government is willing to use any means to crush dissent.
Feb 28, 2020 / Ahmed bin Qasim
Indigenous Rights Are Trudeau’s Last Priority Indigenous Rights Are Trudeau’s Last Priority
When pipeline protesters shut down Canada’s railways, the prime minister stopped pretending to care about reconciliation.
Feb 27, 2020 / Robert Jago
The Kremlin Plans to Modernize Russia, Again The Kremlin Plans to Modernize Russia, Again
Putin’s quest for a transformed nation and his own legacy.
Feb 21, 2020 / Stephen F. Cohen
Trump Has Dropped the Pretense of Playing by the Rules of Democracy Trump Has Dropped the Pretense of Playing by the Rules of Democracy
He’s gambling that every agency that could put the brakes on his power grab is too cowed or compromised to stop him.
Feb 21, 2020 / Sasha Abramsky
The Making of France’s Presidential System The Making of France’s Presidential System
Focusing on the tensions between top-down reforms and bottom-up democratic discontent, Herrick Chapman’s new history tells a very different story about postwar France.
Feb 18, 2020 / Books & the Arts / Hugo Drochon
What’s New About Trump’s Mideast ‘Peace’ Plan? Only the Blunt Crudity of Its Racism. What’s New About Trump’s Mideast ‘Peace’ Plan? Only the Blunt Crudity of Its Racism.
From the administration’s perspective, Palestinian suffering doesn’t count because Palestinians themselves don’t count.
Jan 30, 2020 / Saree Makdisi
The Doomsday Clock Ticks Closer to Midnight The Doomsday Clock Ticks Closer to Midnight
We’re facing two existential dangers simultaneously: nuclear war and climate change.
Jan 28, 2020 / Katrina vanden Heuvel