End the Persecution of Julian Assange End the Persecution of Julian Assange
The fifth anniversary of Assange’s imprisonment would be a good day for the Biden administration to end this sordid saga—before it ends the First Amendment.
Apr 11, 2024 / Chip Gibbons
The Human Cost of Drought The Human Cost of Drought
The current climate crisis is severely affecting access to fresh water, resulting in deadly consequences for vulnerable communities around the world.
Apr 11, 2024 / OppArt / Andrea Arroyo
What Is Palestine’s Future After the Carnage? What Is Palestine’s Future After the Carnage?
Solutions crafted by outsiders to avoid, suppress, and restrict Palestinian agency are bound to fail. Palestinians should decide their own destiny.
Apr 11, 2024 / Tony Karon and Daniel Levy
Black History Is American History Black History Is American History
Community mural, Coalition of North East Associations (CONEA), Rochester, NY, 2012.
Apr 10, 2024 / OppArt / Susan Meiselas
Why Is the American Library Association Whitewashing the History of Ukrainian Nazis? Why Is the American Library Association Whitewashing the History of Ukrainian Nazis?
In honoring a book depicting Ukrainian volunteers in the Waffen SS as heroes and patriots, the group reveals historical ignorance—or indifference to antisemitism.
Apr 10, 2024 / Lev Golinkin
Meet Claudia Sheinbaum, Who May Be Mexico’s First Woman President Meet Claudia Sheinbaum, Who May Be Mexico’s First Woman President
The former student activist and mayor of Mexico City is poised to make history with an ambitious platform on education, clean energy, and combatting violence against women.
Apr 10, 2024 / Feature / Arturo Cano
The Unnatural Disaster Threatening Puerto Rico's Children The Unnatural Disaster Threatening Puerto Rico's Children
The island’s health system is on its knees. Doctors are fleeing in droves. And the crisis is hurting kids most of all.
Apr 10, 2024 / Feature / Coral Murphy Marcos
Why I Continue to Write About Guantánamo Why I Continue to Write About Guantánamo
I’ve been covering the detention center since 2002, and I’ll continue to do so until it is eradicated—because I refuse to let this injustice be relegated to the past.
Apr 10, 2024 / Karen J. Greenberg
The EU’s Secret to Slashing Emissions The EU’s Secret to Slashing Emissions
Europe proves that putting a price on carbon can dramatically transform fossil fuel–based economies.
Apr 10, 2024 / Paul Hockenos
How Did Joe Biden’s Foreign Policy Go So Off Course? How Did Joe Biden’s Foreign Policy Go So Off Course?
The president set out to chart a more pacific and humane foreign policy after the Trump years but at some point he and his team of advisers lost the plot.
Apr 9, 2024 / Books & the Arts / David Klion