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Trump Promised Restraint but Has Delivered More Calamitous Intervention Trump Promised Restraint but Has Delivered More Calamitous Intervention

He is sowing chaos and intervening from Yemen to Iran to Venezuela and beyond.

May 7, 2019 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

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Take Action Now: No Way to Treat a Child Take Action Now: No Way to Treat a Child

Push Congress and corporations to acknowledge the rights of Palestinians.

May 7, 2019 / NationAction

Las Comadres Is Fighting to Make Abortion Safe in Ecuador—Even While It’s Illegal

Las Comadres Is Fighting to Make Abortion Safe in Ecuador—Even While It’s Illegal Las Comadres Is Fighting to Make Abortion Safe in Ecuador—Even While It’s Illegal

The group represents a new tactic in abortion-rights activism, which skirts legal restrictions and the often risky surgical procedures that defined clandestine abortions in the pas...

May 7, 2019 / Zoë Carpenter

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A Frontal Attack on Roe v. Wade A Frontal Attack on Roe v. Wade

As a Republican-majority court threatens the legal right to abortion, it’s time for states to step up.

May 7, 2019 / The Nation

Ecuador’s Crackdown on Abortion Is Putting Women in Jail

Ecuador’s Crackdown on Abortion Is Putting Women in Jail Ecuador’s Crackdown on Abortion Is Putting Women in Jail

For decades, abortion was considered a private matter. Now, a Nation investigation shows, women who terminate—or lose—pregnancies are facing prosecution and prison time.

May 7, 2019 / Feature / Zoë Carpenter

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Living in the Shadow of Notre Dame Living in the Shadow of Notre Dame

I remained in shock, horrified at the devastation so close to me, in the heart of Paris.

May 7, 2019 / Benoît Duteurtre

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The Disturbing Rise of ‘Femonationalism’ The Disturbing Rise of ‘Femonationalism’

Across Europe, politicians are hijacking feminist language to further right-wing ideologies. 

May 7, 2019 / Edna Bonhomme

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Where Did the South African Left Go Wrong? Where Did the South African Left Go Wrong?

The ANC has failed to tackle poverty and inequality—and will win the presidency anyway.

May 6, 2019 / Kenichi Serino

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Letters From the May 20-27, 2019, Issue Letters From the May 20-27, 2019, Issue

Wanted: A peace candidate… They’ve had their turn… Not my candidate…

May 6, 2019 / Our Readers

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Austria’s Far-Right Government Wants to Hobble Critical Media Austria’s Far-Right Government Wants to Hobble Critical Media

The Freedom Party attacks Muslims and cozies up to the extremist Identitarian movement. No wonder it sees independent journalism as a nuisance to be silenced.

May 3, 2019 / Jordan Stancil

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