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Kamala Harris looking at Joe Biden

Joe Biden’s Lame-Duck Foreign Policy Is a Threat to Kamala Harris—and the World Joe Biden’s Lame-Duck Foreign Policy Is a Threat to Kamala Harris—and the World

A lame-duck president averse to diplomacy poses grave dangers at home and abroad.

Aug 5, 2024 / Jeet Heer

Marine Le Pen at the podium of the Rassemblement National meeting at the Palais des Congres in Perpignan in the French department of Pyrénées-Orientales on May 1, 2024.

To See How the Far Right Might Run France, See How They Run This City To See How the Far Right Might Run France, See How They Run This City

The National Rally has been governing Perpignan for years. They want much more.

Aug 5, 2024 / Rebecca Nathanson

The International Court of Justice begins presenting its advisory rule regarding legal consequences arising from policies, practices of Israel in Occupied Palestinian Territory on July 19, 2024, in The Hague, Netherlands.

International Law Strikes Back International Law Strikes Back

The World Court’s ruling that Israel’s occupation of Palestinian territory is illegal rewards growing judicial activism by states of the Global South.

Aug 5, 2024 / Reed Brody

Palestinians try to get away from the area as smoke and dust rise following the Israeli army attack a building in the Nuseirat Refugee Camp in Deir al-Balah, Gaza,

On Surviving a Massacre in One of Gaza’s “Safe Zones” On Surviving a Massacre in One of Gaza’s “Safe Zones”

The Nuseirat refugee camp was supposed to be a place of relative safety for Gaza’s besieged residents. Then the skies filled with Apache helicopters.

Aug 5, 2024 / Heba Alhaddad

Fadi Deeb near his house in Gaza City, on April 6, 2016.

Meet Fadi Deeb: Gaza’s Paralympian Is Showing the World That Palestine Still Lives Meet Fadi Deeb: Gaza’s Paralympian Is Showing the World That Palestine Still Lives

The shot-putter is the only competitor in the Palestinian Olympic delegation from Gaza.

Aug 2, 2024 / Dave Zirin and Jules Boykoff

Donald Trump sitting on stage at a panel in front of American flag

Donald Trump’s Divide-and-Conquer Scheme for Black America Donald Trump’s Divide-and-Conquer Scheme for Black America

The twisted political agenda behind smearing Kamala Harris as a political and racial chameleon.

Aug 2, 2024 / Jeet Heer

US Senator Bob Menendez (D-NJ) exits Manhattan federal court on July 16, 2024, in New York City.

Senator Robert Menendez and the Corruption of Cuba Policy Senator Robert Menendez and the Corruption of Cuba Policy

His retirement may bode well for US-Cuba relations—if Kamala Harris can retire Trump.

Aug 2, 2024 / William M. LeoGrande and Peter Kornbluh

Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel's prime minister, left, and Vice President Kamala Harris shake hands during a meeting in the Vice President's Ceremonial Office in Washington, DC, on July 25, 2024.

How Kamala Harris Can Show She’s Not Like Biden on Israel How Kamala Harris Can Show She’s Not Like Biden on Israel

With her choice of vice president, the vice president can indicate a sharp change in future policy regarding Gaza.

Aug 2, 2024 / James Bamford

Israeli soldiers gather at the gate to the Sde Teiman military base on July 29, 2024.

Israel’s Crimes Against Humanity at Sde Teiman—and the Complicity of Its Doctors Israel’s Crimes Against Humanity at Sde Teiman—and the Complicity of Its Doctors

The conditions at the Israeli detention camp, abetted by its medical staff, violated both international law and medical ethics.

Aug 2, 2024 / Adam Gaffney

Displaced Palestinian children queue to receive food distributed by aid organizations in Beit Lahia, Gaza, on July 18, 2024.

Israel Is Using Starvation as a Weapon of War. Where Is the Outrage? Israel Is Using Starvation as a Weapon of War. Where Is the Outrage?

President Biden and other allies of Israel need to use their leverage to end the Gaza famine. The alternative is mass starvation and death.

Aug 2, 2024 / Yousef Aljamal

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