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The US Capitol Building at sunset

Who’s Really ‘Undermining’ American Democracy? Who’s Really ‘Undermining’ American Democracy?

Allegations that Russia is still “attacking” US elections, now again in November, could delegitimize our democratic institutions.

Oct 31, 2018 / Stephen F. Cohen

Trump and Putin at Helsinki Summit

This Is Not Your Mother’s Cold War This Is Not Your Mother’s Cold War

It’s much more terrifying.

Oct 30, 2018 / Michael T. Klare

Trump Andrews Air Force Base

Trump Is Pushing the World Closer to Nuclear Peril Trump Is Pushing the World Closer to Nuclear Peril

It is not too late to end this dangerous status quo. Let’s demand a better future, one that is free from nuclear weapons.

Oct 30, 2018 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Bolsonaro Crowd

Brazil’s Bolsonaro Has Supercharged Right-Wing Cultural Politics Brazil’s Bolsonaro Has Supercharged Right-Wing Cultural Politics

The new president-elect is an agent of the world’s most reactionary tendencies, many of them exported from the United States.

Oct 29, 2018 / Greg Grandin

Russia Facebook Hearing

With Just Days to the Midterms, Russiagate Is MIA With Just Days to the Midterms, Russiagate Is MIA

And that’s a good thing.

Oct 29, 2018 / Aaron Maté

Women Against Bolsonaro

A Letter to Brazil, From a Friend Living Under Duterte A Letter to Brazil, From a Friend Living Under Duterte

Brazil is on the verge of electing a Duterte-style fascist. What can the left do?

Oct 26, 2018 / Walden Bello

Temer protest

Brazil’s Northeastern Resistance Brazil’s Northeastern Resistance

Brazil’s northeast overwhelmingly rejected Bolsonaro’s far-right agenda; now leftists worry that they aren’t welcome in their own country.

Oct 26, 2018 / Kaspar Loftin

Oskar Lafontaine and Sahra Wagenknecht

Populism’s Promise: Can Germany’s ‘Rise Up’ Unite the Democratic Masses? Populism’s Promise: Can Germany’s ‘Rise Up’ Unite the Democratic Masses?

This new left formation is trying to win back the blue-collar and middle-class voters who have drifted into the far right’s camp.

Oct 25, 2018 / Paul Hockenos

The Pentagon Has Won Its Most Important War

The Pentagon Has Won Its Most Important War The Pentagon Has Won Its Most Important War

Despite a losing record, today’s military doesn’t have to atone for its failures.

Oct 25, 2018 / William Astore

In Naguib Mahfouz’s World

In Naguib Mahfouz’s World In Naguib Mahfouz’s World

Through his massive corpus, the Egyptian novelist helped capture the startling pace and steep costs of a nation in pursuit of independence.

Oct 25, 2018 / Books & the Arts / Ursula Lindsey

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