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Drought

Welcome to the Life-or-Death Escape Room Welcome to the Life-or-Death Escape Room

It’s called climate change, and we’re running out of time to solve it.

Nov 13, 2018 / John Feffer

Afghanistan helicopter takes off

Long Ago, I Hurt Families Like My Own Long Ago, I Hurt Families Like My Own

Afghanistan is 7,000 miles away, but there are moments when it feels like I never left.

Nov 13, 2018 / Rory Fanning

4 Years After the Forced Disappearance of 43 Students, a Father Is Still Looking

4 Years After the Forced Disappearance of 43 Students, a Father Is Still Looking 4 Years After the Forced Disappearance of 43 Students, a Father Is Still Looking

The disappearance of the 43 students from Ayotzinapa is not over for Jorge Antonio Tizapa Legideño.

Nov 12, 2018 / StudentNation / John Washington

Bolsonaro University Protest

Education Is in the Crosshairs in Bolsonaro’s Brazil Education Is in the Crosshairs in Bolsonaro’s Brazil

The president-elect seeks to ban from the classroom political opinions, debates, and any issues that could be construed as leftist.

Nov 12, 2018 / StudentNation / Michael Fox

US soldier Mosul

Why Liberal Hegemony? Why Liberal Hegemony?

Three new books make the case against a failed grand strategy.

Nov 12, 2018 / James Carden

Barbara Harrell-Bond

Remembering Barbara Harrell-Bond, a Fierce Advocate for Refugees Remembering Barbara Harrell-Bond, a Fierce Advocate for Refugees

She was a human bulldozer, an activist and scholar who believed that researchers must not remain impassive in the face of human-rights violations.

Nov 12, 2018 / Negar Azimi

Secure Consumption Space

Switzerland’s Experiment With Addiction Treatment Switzerland’s Experiment With Addiction Treatment

Prescribed heroin cuts crime and saves lives.

Nov 9, 2018 / Cédric Gouverneur

Mattis and Nicholson

The Pentagon’s Best Skill Is Rewriting the Past The Pentagon’s Best Skill Is Rewriting the Past

A new war-commemoration website is a perfect example.

Nov 8, 2018 / Arnold Isaacs

Ethiopian and Eritrean Presidents

Ethiopia and Eritrea Need Their Peace Ethiopia and Eritrea Need Their Peace

Ethiopia and Eritrea began a spectacular rapprochement this summer, and stability in the Horn of Africa depends on its lasting.

Nov 8, 2018 / Gérard Prunier

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Letters From the December 3-10, 2018, Issue Letters From the December 3-10, 2018, Issue

This is what heroism looks like… Lost in translation… Humph!…

Nov 8, 2018 / Our Readers

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