What if This Had Happened on the Day After 9/11? What if This Had Happened on the Day After 9/11?
Things could have gone very, very differently.
Nov 27, 2017 / Danny Sjursen
The Future of the American Empire The Future of the American Empire
Historian Alfred McCoy discusses his new book, the deep state, and Donald Trump’s threats to the US’s position as a global power.
Nov 24, 2017 / Q&A / Nick Turse
Spain’s Conflict Over Catalonia Is Covering Up Massive Political Corruption Spain’s Conflict Over Catalonia Is Covering Up Massive Political Corruption
Both the ruling PP party and Catalonia’s independentists are using the national question to whitewash their own history of corruption and enthusiasm for austerity.
Nov 24, 2017 / Sebastiaan Faber and Bécquer Seguín
Why Germany’s Electoral Predicament Is a Unique Opportunity Why Germany’s Electoral Predicament Is a Unique Opportunity
A minority government would be a first for this anchor of Central Europe—but it could open up the political system in all sorts of beneficial ways.
Nov 22, 2017 / Paul Hockenos
George W. Bush Owes Donald Trump a Big Thank-You George W. Bush Owes Donald Trump a Big Thank-You
Who else could bring about nostalgia for such a disastrous presidency?
Nov 21, 2017 / Rebecca Gordon
Fake News and the Death of Democracy in Cambodia Fake News and the Death of Democracy in Cambodia
Forget tanks and rifles. Like other autocrats, Cambodia’s Hun Sen uses fake news to justify oppression.
Nov 21, 2017 / Geoffrey Cain
Pollution Kills an Estimated 9 Million People Every Year Pollution Kills an Estimated 9 Million People Every Year
And the world’s poorest people bear the brunt.
Nov 21, 2017 / Michelle Chen
Robert Mugabe and the Poisonous Legacy of British Colonialism Robert Mugabe and the Poisonous Legacy of British Colonialism
Britain left behind two evil legacies when Zimbabwe gained independence: the harsh lesson that violence works, and a grotesquely unequal distribution of farmland.
Nov 21, 2017 / James North
Things Are Going Great for Trump on Parallel Earth! Things Are Going Great for Trump on Parallel Earth!
Hard at work in the greatest White House ever.
Nov 21, 2017 / Tom Tomorrow
Trump’s Pentagon Wants to Make Nuclear Weapons More ‘Usable’ Trump’s Pentagon Wants to Make Nuclear Weapons More ‘Usable’
That sounds like a good idea.
Nov 20, 2017 / Michael T. Klare