Totalitarianism, Famine and Us Totalitarianism, Famine and Us
Have histories of famines caused by totalitarianism become a distraction to the new politics of hunger?
Nov 7, 2012 / Books & the Arts / Samuel Moyn
Jeremy Scahill: In Obama’s Second Term, Will Democrats Challenge Drones? Jeremy Scahill: In Obama’s Second Term, Will Democrats Challenge Drones?
After last night's re-election, progressives wonder if the US is in for four more years of extrajudicial killings.
Nov 7, 2012 / Press Room
Why Does Mitt Romney Want to Bomb Iran? Why Does Mitt Romney Want to Bomb Iran?
The one key way in which Romney's foreign policy differs from Obama's.
Nov 5, 2012 / Jeremiah Goulka
Foreign Policy: What’s at Stake Foreign Policy: What’s at Stake
Despite the list of Obama's foreign policy failures, there's no question that Romney's cabinet of neconservative war hawks would be even worse.
Nov 5, 2012 / Bob Dreyfuss
Don’t Forget Haiti Don’t Forget Haiti
Impoverished Haiti was pummeled by Hurricane Sandy’s devastating trajectory before she hit our shores.
Nov 2, 2012 / Peter Rothberg
At Guantánamo, the Government Is Still Making Up the Law as It Goes Along At Guantánamo, the Government Is Still Making Up the Law as It Goes Along
Regardless of who wins on November 6, there are no signs that either Romney or Obama will act to dismantle the lawless military commissions created after 9/11.
Oct 31, 2012 / John Knefel
The NGO Republic of Haiti The NGO Republic of Haiti
How the international relief effort after the 2010 earthquake excluded Haitians from their own recovery.
Oct 31, 2012 / Feature / Kathie Klarreich and Linda Polman
China’s Shaky Leadership Transition China’s Shaky Leadership Transition
It’s taking place amid deep intraparty divisions and growing public anger over corruption.
Oct 31, 2012 / Feature / Peter Kwong
The Journeys of Fred Halliday The Journeys of Fred Halliday
On socialism or the Middle East, Fred Halliday’s intellectual flexibility was one of his greatest strengths.
Oct 30, 2012 / Books & the Arts / Susie Linfield
Singularly Adaptable: On Alain Mabanckou Singularly Adaptable: On Alain Mabanckou
In Black Bazaar, characters vent and stumble over their shared obsession with the colonial past.
Oct 30, 2012 / Books & the Arts / Aaron Thier