Turkey Is Sliding Deeper Into Dictatorship Turkey Is Sliding Deeper Into Dictatorship
The arrest of noted human-rights defender Osman Kavala marks an escalation in the Erdoğan government’s ferocious campaign against all critics.
Nov 7, 2017 / Constanze Letsch
Koreans Protest Trump as the US Congress Tries to Restrain Him Koreans Protest Trump as the US Congress Tries to Restrain Him
“No to Trump, No to War” is the slogan of the day.
Nov 7, 2017 / Tim Shorrock
The Paris Climate Accord Didn’t Go Nearly Far Enough—Can Bonn Do Better? The Paris Climate Accord Didn’t Go Nearly Far Enough—Can Bonn Do Better?
If negotiators are going to meaningfully combat the climate crisis this week, they’ll need to forget about pleasing fossil-fuel corporations.
Nov 7, 2017 / Michelle Chen
Trump’s Comprehensive Guide To Denial Trump’s Comprehensive Guide To Denial
Everything’s fine and none of it is his fault.
Nov 7, 2017 / Tom Tomorrow
American Warfare’s Giant Open Secret American Warfare’s Giant Open Secret
All of the wars waged by the United States in the last 70 years have had one thing in common.
Nov 6, 2017 / Danny Sjursen
What Russia’s Syria Intervention Tells Us About Its Interference in the US Election What Russia’s Syria Intervention Tells Us About Its Interference in the US Election
Playing on ethnic and racial divisions has become a hallmark of crony-capitalist Russia.
Nov 6, 2017 / Juan Cole
Devolutionary Road: Lessons From the Failed Independence Bids of the Kurds and Catalans Devolutionary Road: Lessons From the Failed Independence Bids of the Kurds and Catalans
Instead of cracking down on separatists, governments should devolve more powers to regional governments.
Nov 3, 2017 / Judith Matloff
Nuclear Rodeo Nuclear Rodeo
Kim Jong-un and Trump continue to hurl threats to see who will get thrown first. All of us?
Nov 3, 2017 / OppArt / Dario Castillejos
Democracy With a Cynically Populist Face Democracy With a Cynically Populist Face
Sebastian Kurz and the new Austrian politics.
Nov 2, 2017 / Paweł Marczewski
Excerpt: Eduardo Galeano’s Final Short-Story Collection Excerpt: Eduardo Galeano’s Final Short-Story Collection
Hunter of Stories retells tales from our everyday lives with unparalleled compassion.
Nov 2, 2017 / Eduardo Galeano