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Marine Le Pen’s National Rally Has What It’s Always Wanted: Institutional Power
The National Rally may fashion itself a movement, but it prefers that the people remain passive.
Harrison StetlerBrittney Griner Gets No Support From Former Coach Kim Mulkey
The championship coach could not offer even a nod of solidarity to her former player languishing in a Russian prison.
Dave ZirinIran’s Brutal Crackdown on “Women, Life, Freedom”
Women across Iran have bravely taken to the streets to demand liberation from state repression and justice for Jîna Emînî, a 22-year-old Kurdish woman murdered by the “morality police.”
Azadeh Shahshahani and Yosi BadieLatest World Coverage
Sanders, Raskin Want Congress to Get Serious About Averting a Coup in Brazil
Brazil’s “Tropical Trump” says “only God will remove me” if he loses Sunday.
John Nichols
The US Military Is the Enemy of Climate Mitigation
Our military alone surpasses the total national emissions of Bulgaria, Croatia, and Slovenia combined.
Stan Cox
The War in Ukraine Is at a Decisive Turning Point
Can nuclear escalation be averted?
Michael T. KlareContinuing World Coverage
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We Like the Idea of Asylum Seekers, but Not the Real Thing
The 12-foot-tall puppet of a Syrian refugee has been welcomed in New York and around the world. Real refugees? Not so much.
Helen Benedict -
September 27, 2022
Letters: Shinzo Abe’s Legacy
Readers offer further insights on the former Japanese prime minister's vexed relationship with history.
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September 26, 2022
Preserving the Memory of Murdered Journalists in Mexico
Family members of assassinated media workers in Veracruz have formed a network to honor their relatives’ work and to care for one another.
Liliana Frankel -
September 26, 2022
Do Presidents Have a Right to Secrecy?
Trump’s refusal to share information has been part and parcel of the Washington scene for far longer than the current moment.
Karen J. Greenberg
US Foreign Policy
Fascists, Neofascists, and Postfascists: Italy’s Unreal Election Debate
With most Italians exhausted by the status quo, the far right is likely to be the biggest winner in Sunday’s elections.
David Broder
What Do Americans Care About? Not a Cold War With Russia and China.
Americans’ top security concerns include safety at home and protecting jobs.
Katrina vanden Heuvel
Reining In the War Economy
It’s time to end the Pentagon’s stranglehold on our national budget.
William D. HartungAfrica
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August 17, 2022
The Kenyan Kakistocracy
What are we supposed to do when the electoral system consistently yields terrible candidates?
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August 2, 2022
Free Jeef Kazadi!
We call on the Democratic Republic of Congo to immediately release a detained journalist.
D.D. Guttenplan and The Nation -
July 18, 2022
Edafe Okporo's Manifesto for the Migrant
A conversation with the activist and writer about his new book Asylum and the intersections of oppression that face LGBTQ migrants and refugees.
John Washington -
June 2, 2022
Monkeypox Is Not a Gay Disease
But it has arrived in our community—and our decades of experience dealing with HIV give us the chance to get things right from the outset.
Gregg Gonsalves
Asia
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September 23, 2022
These US Abortion Restrictions Threaten Reproductive Health Everywhere
It’s imperative that advocates not limit their advocacy to the United States but expand it to countries around the world affected by US restrictions.
Aruna Uprety, Nira Singh Shrestha, Astha Sharma, Giriraj Mani Pokharel and Sumesh Shiwakoty -
September 2, 2022
Pakistan’s Floods Are a Wind From the West
The devastating natural disaster could be just an early glimpse of the consequences of industrialization in the Global North.
Hasan Ali -
August 18, 2022
Salman Rushdie Joins Indian Writers on 75 Years of Independence
Shortly before he was attacked, Rushdie joined with dozens of Indian literary artists to lament the rise of Hindu nationalism and the fragile state of the country's democracy.
Pranay Somayajula -
August 18, 2022
Why Walden Bello’s Arrest and Detention for Cyberlibel Demands Attention
The charge is a brazen case of weaponing the law against critics.
Walden Bello
Europe
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September 16, 2022
Why US Workers Are Better Situated to Confront Economic Turbulence
Europe directed more of its Covid aid to businesses, while the US supported workers. If a recession hits now, Europeans could be in even worse trouble.
Mike Konczal -
September 16, 2022
The Russian Military’s Ineptitude Almost Rivals Our Own
Putin’s plunge into Ukraine confirms that he learned nothing from the folly of post-9/11 US military policy.
Andrew J. Bacevich -
September 14, 2022
King Charles III May Keep His Head—His Kingdom Is Another Story
The monarchy needs deaths and weddings for its cyclical renewal. But they called last orders on the United Kingdom some time ago.
Tariq Ali -
September 13, 2022
With Queen Elizabeth Gone, Monarchy’s Magic May Be Fading
If the Crown is the lid on Britain’s pressure cooker, it is now less firmly placed on a more combustible pot.
Owen Jones
Latin America
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September 26, 2022
The "Rechazo"—Why Chileans Rejected a New Constitution
An insider’s account by a member of the Chilean Constitutional Convention.
Patricio Fernández -
September 12, 2022
Chile’s Constitutional Makeover, Take 2
The Boric government can recover from the lopsided rejection of Chile’s new Constitution by harnessing the energy behind the country's reform movement.
John Dinges -
September 9, 2022
The Planetary Stakes of the Brazilian Election
If Jair Bolsonaro remains in power—legally or illegally—his government will sabotage the global campaign to slow climate change.
James North -
August 24, 2022
Can Cuba’s Past Help Us Understand Its Future?
Ada Ferrer’s Cuba offers a capacious and wide-ranging history of the country’s centuries-old struggle to liberate itself from empire and economic upheaval.
Ed Morales
Middle East
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September 20, 2022
Letters From the October 3/10, 2022, Issue
One-state reality… Documenting January 6… Leaving water for migrants…
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September 13, 2022
Everybody Has a Price: Ari Fleischer, the LIV Golf Tour, and the House of Saud
The launch of Saudi Arabia’s LIV golf tour was a public relations disaster. So the Saudis hired someone with firsthand knowledge of PR disasters: Ari Fleischer.
Dave Zirin -
September 2, 2022
Now Is the Time for Democrats to Ban Dark Money From Primaries
Before the party chokes to death on its own corruption. Next week the Democratic National Committee will vote on a crucial resolution to break the hold of wealthy donors and secretive PACs.
Robert L. Borosage -
August 25, 2022
Golf’s Sportswashing of Saudi Arabia
Not since the 1936 Berlin Olympics was used to cosmeticize Nazi Germany’s atrocities have sports and an otherwise despised government collaborated so blatantly.
Robert Lipsyte