World

Reema bint Bandar Al Saud

The Saudi Lobby Moves From K Street to Main Street The Saudi Lobby Moves From K Street to Main Street

By enlisting community members across the US to peddle the best version of the Kingdom, the Saudi lobby has given its brand an American-as-apple-pie shine.

Apr 21, 2021 / Benjamin Freeman, Brian Steiner, and Leila Riazi

Chile Farm

Climate Change and Capitalism Are Forcing Chilean Farmers to Abandon Their Land Climate Change and Capitalism Are Forcing Chilean Farmers to Abandon Their Land

Severe drought and a privatized water system have left small growers high and dry.

Apr 21, 2021 / Agostino Petroni and Sandali Handagama

Italy Covid

Letter From Italy Letter From Italy

“It’s as quiet in our street as it was a year ago.”

Apr 21, 2021 / Daisy Cockburn

Migrants at the US-Mexico border

Climate Change Will Force Us to Rethink Migration and Asylum Climate Change Will Force Us to Rethink Migration and Asylum

As climate change accelerates, it will become increasingly untenable to reduce US immigration and asylum policy to a question of border security.

Apr 21, 2021 / Zoë Carpenter

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin

From the Forever Wars to the Hypersonic Wars From the Forever Wars to the Hypersonic Wars

The United States bolsters high-tech forces in Europe. 

Apr 20, 2021 / Michael T. Klare

Oil Rig

Humanity Faces a Climate Emergency—Shouldn’t That Be News? Humanity Faces a Climate Emergency—Shouldn’t That Be News?

A sense of catastrophe has faded even as the environmental emergency has intensified.

Apr 20, 2021 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Got Vaccinated?

Got Vaccinated? Got Vaccinated?

Passport to greater freedom… carefully.

Apr 20, 2021 / OppArt / Peter Kuper and Ron Hauge

Democractic Republic of Congo soldier

The Bewildering Search for the Islamic State in Congo The Bewildering Search for the Islamic State in Congo

Will a Texas hedge fund drag the US into another dangerous quagmire?

Apr 20, 2021 / Helen C. Epstein

Ted Hui

After ‘the Death of Hong Kong’s Democracy,’ an Ex-Legislator Fights Beijing From Exile After ‘the Death of Hong Kong’s Democracy,’ an Ex-Legislator Fights Beijing From Exile

Ted Hui fled Hong Kong, but he hasn’t given up the struggle.

Apr 20, 2021 / Q&A / Sharline Liu

Pentagon

The Pentagon Is Not Taking Covid Seriously Enough The Pentagon Is Not Taking Covid Seriously Enough

Over a third of active-duty military personnel have refused to be vaccinated. The Pentagon’s response has mostly been silence.

Apr 19, 2021 / Andrea Mazzarino

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