World

Joe Biden

Washington’s Delusion of Endless World Dominion Washington’s Delusion of Endless World Dominion

Sooner or later, the US will have to accept and adapt to the geopolitical reality that undergirds the latest shift in global power.

Mar 24, 2021 / Alfred McCoy

Fridays for Future

There Is No Vaccine for Global Warming There Is No Vaccine for Global Warming

In the past year, carbon emissions dropped significantly as the Covid-19 pandemic kept us all home. How we move forward will determine the fate of the planet.

Mar 23, 2021 / Tom Engelhardt

Netanyahu Is Letting Israel’s Fascists Enter by the Front Door

Netanyahu Is Letting Israel’s Fascists Enter by the Front Door Netanyahu Is Letting Israel’s Fascists Enter by the Front Door

A follower of Meir Kahane may join the government this week. And the Biden administration has had nothing to say about it.

Mar 23, 2021 / James Zogby

solidarity against hate

Vilifying China Puts a Bull’s-Eye on the Backs of Asian Americans Vilifying China Puts a Bull’s-Eye on the Backs of Asian Americans

Biden may reject Trump’s hateful language, but he is continuing his predecessor’s dangerous “tough on China” approach.

Mar 23, 2021 / Mae Ngai

Ami Ayalon’s Political Journey

Ami Ayalon’s Political Journey Ami Ayalon’s Political Journey

In Friendly Fire, the former Shin Bet director offers two narratives—one of the story that Israel tells the world, the other of the story Israel tries not to tell the world.

Mar 23, 2021 / Books & the Arts / Raja Shehadeh

What Salvadoran Activists Can Teach Us About Building Coalitions

What Salvadoran Activists Can Teach Us About Building Coalitions What Salvadoran Activists Can Teach Us About Building Coalitions

The water defenders recognized the fight was less a contest of right versus left than right versus wrong.

Mar 23, 2021 / Robin Broad and John Cavanagh

Haiti protests

Gangs Rule the Streets of Jovenel Moïse’s Haiti Gangs Rule the Streets of Jovenel Moïse’s Haiti

A whole country has been kidnapped by a bloodthirsty, money-hungry cabal. And how does the US State Department respond? By calling for “dialogue.”

Mar 22, 2021 / Amy Wilentz

Representative Ro Khanna Explains Why He Called Out Biden’s Air Strike in Syria

Representative Ro Khanna Explains Why He Called Out Biden’s Air Strike in Syria Representative Ro Khanna Explains Why He Called Out Biden’s Air Strike in Syria

“I thought it was so important that, early on, Congress take a stand.”

Mar 22, 2021 / Q&A / John Nichols

Kenyan health workers

Vaccine Nationalism Is Patently Unjust Vaccine Nationalism Is Patently Unjust

Poor countries are paying more for the doses that remain after rich countries have had their fill.

Mar 22, 2021 / Nanjala Nyabola

Sign Stop Asian Hate

Anti-Asian Violence in America Is Rooted in US Empire Anti-Asian Violence in America Is Rooted in US Empire

If we are to stop anti-Asian hatred in the United States, we must recognize how US foreign policy perpetuates it.

Mar 19, 2021 / Christine Ahn, Terry K Park, Kathleen Richards for The Nation

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