World

Donald Trump

Trump v. Disastrous US Triumphalism in Foreign Policy Trump v. Disastrous US Triumphalism in Foreign Policy

Trump’s challenge to 20-year bipartisan consensus may finally produce the missing public debate.

Mar 23, 2016 / Stephen F. Cohen

How Obama’s ‘Declassified Diplomacy’ Could Aid the Cause of Justice in Argentina

How Obama’s ‘Declassified Diplomacy’ Could Aid the Cause of Justice in Argentina How Obama’s ‘Declassified Diplomacy’ Could Aid the Cause of Justice in Argentina

The publication of secret US documents should not only reveal evidence regarding the dictatorship’s unresolved crimes but expose further details about US complicity.

Mar 23, 2016 / Peter Kornbluh and Carlos Osorio

Refugee Protest

How a Syrian Family Fares in Ireland How a Syrian Family Fares in Ireland

Local aid stands in stark contrast to international callousness.

Mar 23, 2016 / Danielle Ryan

President Obama in Havana

Barack Obama, Our Man in Havana Barack Obama, Our Man in Havana

In his historic visit to the island—the first by a US president in 88 years—Obama declared an end to the Cold War in the Americas.

Mar 22, 2016 / Peter Kornbluh

The US Military Is America’s 51st State

The US Military Is America’s 51st State The US Military Is America’s 51st State

The military has become a force unto itself, increasingly unaccountable to either the president or Congress.

Mar 22, 2016 / William J. Astore

Millennials Are Taking to the Streets to Defend Democracy in Brazil

Millennials Are Taking to the Streets to Defend Democracy in Brazil Millennials Are Taking to the Streets to Defend Democracy in Brazil

You wouldn’t know it from reading the media, but huge numbers have turned out to preserve the rule of law and the gains of social democracy.

Mar 22, 2016 / StudentNation / Greg Grandin

A Terrible Beauty: Remembering Ireland’s 1916 Easter Rebellion

A Terrible Beauty: Remembering Ireland’s 1916 Easter Rebellion A Terrible Beauty: Remembering Ireland’s 1916 Easter Rebellion

Ireland was a laboratory for every manner of colonial repression by the British; 100 years after the Easter Rising, it is once again—this time by banks.

Mar 21, 2016 / Conn Hallinan

The Untold Story of the Texaco Oil Tycoon Who Loved Fascism

The Untold Story of the Texaco Oil Tycoon Who Loved Fascism The Untold Story of the Texaco Oil Tycoon Who Loved Fascism

Franco’s fuel supplier didn’t live in Berlin or Rome. He lived in New York, and he worked in the Chrysler Building.

Mar 21, 2016 / Adam Hochschild

Brazlians celebrate Olympic bid win

How the Rio Olympics Could Cement a Brazilian Coup How the Rio Olympics Could Cement a Brazilian Coup

Scandals engulfing the country’s elite are not touching the 2016 Olympics. This could very well be by design.

Mar 21, 2016 / Dave Zirin

Army Humvees

Only 1 Budget Proposal Makes Any Sense Only 1 Budget Proposal Makes Any Sense

The Congressional Progressive Caucus plan goes after bloated spending on the military-industrial complex—and reinvests in people.

Mar 18, 2016 / John Nichols

x