Continuing World Coverage

• June 15, 2021

  Women in Russia and the US Show an Alternative to War

  American and Russian women who remember the danger of the Cold War understand the stakes of this year’s summit.

  Nadezhda Azhgikhina

• June 14, 2021

  We Don’t Need Science Fiction to Avert Climate Catastrophe

  Europe is showing the world that a clean-energy transition is possible with existing technology.

  Paul Hockenos

• June 11, 2021

  Do African Lives Matter?

  The response of the outside world to the latest disaster in the Democratic Republic of Congo suggests the answer is no.

  James North

• June 11, 2021

  Climate Justice, for the First Time Ever, Is on the G7 Agenda

  If rich countries want a livable planet for themselves, they'll have to pay what they promised. This weekend’s summit will show whether they will.

  Mark Hertsgaard

Africa

• April 30, 2021

  Voices Are Raised Against the NBA Launching Its New African League in Rwanda

  Human rights groups are concerned that using Rwanda as a backdrop would provide a public relations boost for its autocratic leader.

  Dave Zirin

• April 22, 2021

  Greenwashing Fashion

  These days, sustainability is on trend. But the trend cycle of fast fashion isn’t sustainable.

  Julian Epp

• April 20, 2021

  The Bewildering Search for the Islamic State in Congo

  Will a Texas hedge fund drag the US into another dangerous quagmire?

  Helen C. Epstein

• March 22, 2021

  Vaccine Nationalism Is Patently Unjust

  Poor countries are paying more for the doses that remain after rich countries have had their fill.

  Nanjala Nyabola

Asia

• May 26, 2021

  The History the Japanese Government Is Trying to Erase

  Failing to teach what the wartime state did only emboldens the forces of misogyny and racism.

  Chelsea Szendi Schieder

• May 14, 2021

  ‘Where Are the Moderate Hindus?’

  India is reeling from two deadly viruses: Covid-19 and Hindutva—a century-old far-right political ideology whose founders were directly inspired by Hitler’s Nazism and Italian Fascism.

  Sunita Viswanath

• May 7, 2021

  Ro Khanna: It’s Vital That the US Drop Barriers to Vaccine Production and Aid Covid-Ravaged India

  “We aren’t an island. I mean, the disease is going to continue to come back to us,” said the representative from California.

  John Nichols

• May 3, 2021

  Yi Sang’s Global Poetry

  Through his synthetic and surrealist style, the Korean poet helped chart an alternate path of internationalism in an age of empire.

  E. Tammy Kim

Europe

• June 7, 2021

  Is Scotland Closer to Independence?

  Elections in Scotland confirmed the position of the nationalists. But what vision of an independent future are its supporters backing?

  Rory Scothorne

• June 3, 2021

  A Year Lived Inside With Instagram and a Dutch Master

  What Pieter de Hooch, social media, and the lockdown taught me.

  Benjamin Moser

• May 7, 2021

  Under New Leadership, Britain’s Labour Party Loses Again

  Labour’s defeat in Hartlepool and in local elections across the country suggests the northern working class isn’t coming back any time soon.

  Gary Younge

• May 3, 2021

  The Center Cannot Hold in Spain, but Can the Left Take Advantage?

  Madrid voters will cast their ballots on May 4, and the regional election could shape the future of Spanish politics.

  Sebastiaan Faber and Bécquer Seguín

Latin America

• June 8, 2021

  In Honduras, US Efforts to Deter Migrants Add Danger, Costs

  Critics warn that increasing militarization of the border here just means more bribe money, more corruption—and pushing more migrants into the arms of traffickers.

  Jared Olson

• June 7, 2021

  House Democrats Call for Answers on US Involvement in Brazil

  A letter to the attorney general asks about the Justice Department’s role in the probe that led to the wrongful imprisonment of former President Lula.

  Aída Chávez

• May 18, 2021

  Steven Donziger Wants to Convince ‘a Different Jury’

  Denied legal judgment by his peers, the lawyer who took on Chevron wants the world to know about his persecution.

  James North

• May 13, 2021

  ‘It’s Like a Black Hole’: ICE Has Been Holding Kids in Indefinite Detention

  The agency has sent an unknown number of teenagers to juvenile jails and won’t tell anyone why.

  Ashoka Mukpo

Middle East

• June 10, 2021

  Here in Israel, the Perils of a Government of ‘No Politics’

  The country’s new coalition government, whose only common ground is the desire to get rid of Benjamin Netanyahu, might just mark a turning point in Israel’s ability to avoid accountability for its actions.

  Jeff Halper

• June 3, 2021

  A Fart Joke Is Not a Pogrom

  In the wake of violence in Israel and Palestine, American observers distort the conflict through the lens of their own solipsism.

  Talia Lavin

• June 2, 2021

  A Prisoner Videotaped Covid Conditions Last Year. Where Is He Now?

  Of life on the line.

  Zia Jaffrey

• June 1, 2021

  Life in Gaza With Down Syndrome

  Ibrahim Hammad, 12, has never been allowed to leave the 140-square-mile territory.

  Sara Luterman