World

Right to BDS

Can Liberal Zionism Survive Israel’s New Travel Ban? Can Liberal Zionism Survive Israel’s New Travel Ban?

Israel’s new anti-BDS law is antagonizing some of the state’s most loyal supporters, rewriting a decades-old relationship.

Mar 13, 2017 / Mairav Zonszein

UN interns rally

Why Doesn’t the United Nations Pay Its Interns? Why Doesn’t the United Nations Pay Its Interns?

The institution sets the benchmark for progressive values around the world—except when it comes to unpaid labor.

Mar 10, 2017 / Brandon Jordan

Donald Trump

Foreign-Policy Elites Have No Answer For Trump Foreign-Policy Elites Have No Answer For Trump

Trump won because the status quo was terrible. We can’t go back to it. 

Mar 9, 2017 / Robert L. Borosage

Tokyo Sexwale

Will FIFA Ever Stand Up to Israeli Teams in Illegal Settlements? Will FIFA Ever Stand Up to Israeli Teams in Illegal Settlements?

Human-rights organizations have a simple demand for FIFA: Follow your own bylaws.

Mar 9, 2017 / Dave Zirin

Iraq

I Was Part of the Iraq War Surge. It Was a Disaster. I Was Part of the Iraq War Surge. It Was a Disaster.

The 2007 surge strategy wasn’t a success—and it’s not a template to follow.

Mar 9, 2017 / Danny Sjursen

US Officials Won’t Say if a New Anti–Russia Propaganda Project Is Targeting Americans

US Officials Won’t Say if a New Anti–Russia Propaganda Project Is Targeting Americans US Officials Won’t Say if a New Anti–Russia Propaganda Project Is Targeting Americans

The newly created Global Engagement Center’s “focus and intent” is foreign audiences, but officials won’t rule out propagandizing Americans and funding American journalists.

Mar 9, 2017 / Adam Johnson

George W. Bush

The Rehabilitation of George W. Bush The Rehabilitation of George W. Bush

Newfound warm and fuzzy feelings towards the former president can’t mask how bankrupt mainstream conservatism really is.

Mar 9, 2017 / Column / Gary Younge

Recent missile launch in North Korea

Are We Drifting Toward War With North Korea? Are We Drifting Toward War With North Korea?

We have no alternative but to open talks with Pyongyang; the sanctions strategy is not working.

Mar 8, 2017 / Patrick Lawrence

McDonald's in Israel/Palestine

For Fast-Food Workers in Israel—Especially Palestinians—Organizing Presents Special Challenges For Fast-Food Workers in Israel—Especially Palestinians—Organizing Presents Special Challenges

The McDonald’s franchise is owned by a Peace Now advocate who opposes the occupation, but he’s no friend to unions.

Mar 8, 2017 / Miriam Berger

The ‘Fog of Suspicion’ and of Worsening Cold War

The ‘Fog of Suspicion’ and of Worsening Cold War The ‘Fog of Suspicion’ and of Worsening Cold War

As the neo-McCarthyite search for Americans with Russian “contacts” spreads, the new Cold War is increasingly fraught with possibilities of hot war.

Mar 8, 2017 / Stephen F. Cohen

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