A Dutch University Just Set a Powerful Precedent for Climate Research A Dutch University Just Set a Powerful Precedent for Climate Research
VU Amsterdam will reject collaborations with fossil fuel companies that fail to demonstrate a commitment to the Paris Agreement.
May 10, 2023 / StudentNation / Ilana Cohen
What Gives You Hope Keeps You Fighting What Gives You Hope Keeps You Fighting
Art does what the field of international relations cannot—it gives purpose to struggle and reminds us what it means to be human.
May 9, 2023 / Nanjala Nyabola
The Military Industrial Complex Is More Powerful Than Ever The Military Industrial Complex Is More Powerful Than Ever
The current war machine isn’t your grandfather’s MIC, not by a country mile.
May 9, 2023 / William D. Hartung and Benjamin Freeman
Jeffrey Epstein, Harvard Man Jeffrey Epstein, Harvard Man
Why a horrific criminal found elite universities so congenial.
May 8, 2023 / Jeet Heer
Santiago Amigorena’s Novel of the Shoah and Latin America Santiago Amigorena’s Novel of the Shoah and Latin America
In The Ghetto Within, the Argentine novelist considers the dark shadow that the Holocaust has cast not only on Europe but also on Latin America.
May 8, 2023 / Books & the Arts / Ilan Stavans
“To Hell With Kings!” “To Hell With Kings!”
Why are Americans being encouraged to celebrate another country’s coronation? Don’t we have enough problems with our own oligarchs?
May 5, 2023 / John Nichols
The Nord Stream Explosions: New Revelations About Motive, Means, and Opportunity The Nord Stream Explosions: New Revelations About Motive, Means, and Opportunity
As new details emerge about the pipeline blasts, they also prompt questions: What did US intelligence know about the biggest whodunit of the century, when did they know it, and how...
May 5, 2023 / James Bamford
The Consequences of Underestimating China The Consequences of Underestimating China
Every step Beijing takes to consolidate its control over Eurasia weakens Washington’s presence and erodes its once formidable global power.
May 3, 2023 / Alfred McCoy
If Biden Really Believes in Press Freedom, He’ll Stop Targeting Julian Assange If Biden Really Believes in Press Freedom, He’ll Stop Targeting Julian Assange
The president spoke powerfully about the importance of journalism. He needs to back those words up and end US efforts to prosecute the WikiLeaks founder.
May 3, 2023 / John Nichols
The Many Afterlives of Art Spiegelman’s “Maus” The Many Afterlives of Art Spiegelman’s “Maus”
Book bans have shined a new spotlight on the graphic novel. What does that mean for the comic's legacy?
May 3, 2023 / Books & the Arts / Jillian Steinhauer