To Be a Palestinian Journalist in Gaza Is to Be Always Under Threat To Be a Palestinian Journalist in Gaza Is to Be Always Under Threat
“Everyone is targeted. Even if you’re a journalist.… As long as you are Palestinian and there, you are targeted.”
Apr 27, 2018 / Hamza Saftawi and Miriam Berger
How US Civil Law Is Being Used to Bring Human-Rights Abuses to Court How US Civil Law Is Being Used to Bring Human-Rights Abuses to Court
Could a landmark verdict against Bolivia’s former president and minister of defense pave the way for future cases?
Apr 27, 2018 / Linda Farthing
Actually, Guns Do Kill People Actually, Guns Do Kill People
The research is now clear: Right-to-carry laws increase the rate of violent crime.
Apr 27, 2018 / Editorial / Mike Konczal
Macron’s Mission Accomplished? Macron’s Mission Accomplished?
During his state visit, Macron made a bid to keep the Iranian nuclear accord alive while advocating for an increased Western role in Syria.
Apr 26, 2018 / James Carden
Why Is Heidi Heitkamp Enabling Donald Trump? Why Is Heidi Heitkamp Enabling Donald Trump?
Her party, the North Dakota Democratic–Nonpartisan League, has a rich history of opposing war hawks. She should have stuck with it instead of backing Pompeo.
Apr 26, 2018 / John Nichols
Letters From the May 21, 2018, Issue Letters From the May 21, 2018, Issue
Crossed wires… Painfully prescient … Misreading, misleading?…
Apr 26, 2018 / Letters / Our Readers, Mark Dowie, Mark Hertsgaard, and James Carden
Why It’s So Important to Save the Iran Nuke Deal Why It’s So Important to Save the Iran Nuke Deal
If Trump dumps it, it could set off a Middle East nuclear-arms race and lead to another disastrous war.
Apr 26, 2018 / Editorial / Michael T. Klare
This Saudi Blogger Called for Modernization. So Has the Crown Prince. So Why Is the Blogger in Jail? This Saudi Blogger Called for Modernization. So Has the Crown Prince. So Why Is the Blogger in Jail?
If Mohammed bin Salman truly wants to promote freedom of expression, he must release Raif Badawi.
Apr 26, 2018 / Column / Katha Pollitt
Forgotten Truths: On the Imperative of Cooperating With—Not Criminalizing—Russia Forgotten Truths: On the Imperative of Cooperating With—Not Criminalizing—Russia
Cooperation with Moscow remains vital for American national security, but “Russiagate” allegations, now codified in a DNC lawsuit, are making that decades-long pursuit a crime.
Apr 25, 2018 / Stephen F. Cohen
South and North Korea Prepare to Discuss an End to the Korean War South and North Korea Prepare to Discuss an End to the Korean War
But Washington’s pundit class seems united against a peace process.
Apr 25, 2018 / Tim Shorrock