Biden should reverse Trump’s sanctions and call an end to 60 years of brutal economic warfare.
Cubans Are Suffering. Biden Needs to End the Embargo.
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Biden’s Unconscionable Military Budget
With the Afghanistan War finally ending, we shouldn’t squander our “peace dividend” on costly weapons or military bloat.
Make Normalizing Relations with Cuba a Priority
With the stroke of a pen, Biden could lift trade and travel restrictions and allow unrestricted remittances to Cuba, alleviating needless pandemic suffering.
Can Guantánamo Ever Be Shut Down?
As the “forever war” in Afghanistan draws to a close, a look at the prospects for shutting down the “forever prison” it helped fill.
Returning to the Paris Agreement Is Just the Beginning
The U.S. is officially back in the Paris Climate Agreement. But Biden must do much, much more than restore the status quo under Obama.
Biden Won’t Reset U.S. Foreign Policy On His Own
The foreign policy team Biden appoints matters less than the world they inherit, policies they pursue, and the pressure they get from progressives.
If Biden’s Serious About Bringing Back Diplomacy, He Should Make These Appointments
No one expects Biden to tap dedicated anti-imperialists for his foreign policy team, but several Obama-era diplomats would be a welcome alternative to “the blob.”
Ending Regime Change — in Bolivia and the World
Bolivians overwhelmingly rejected a U.S.-backed coup regime. The U.S. should take it as a sign to abandon regime change — and rejoin the international community.
The Embalming of Syria
The Trump administration is doing its best to keep Syria dismembered and near death.
To Defeat Trump, ‘the Resistance’ Must Own Up to Its Own White Supremacy
From immigration to climate, the white left’s blind spots have sullied even well intentioned efforts to combat Trump, the far right, and ecological collapse.