End-Stage Trumpism
Over the next two years, Congress and the lower courts will try to do what they can to prevent Trump from burning down the house.
A Spy Scandal Mishandled
Even if Beijing got nothing out of Nvidia’s chief executive Jensen Huang’s relationship with a spy, it has benefited from Washington’s handling of the affair.
What the U.S. Withdrawal Leaves Behind in Kurdistan
The coalition has left Erbil. The harder task is turning Peshmerga unification into a functioning security system.
How Moscow Is Reacting to the U.S. Midterms
Russian media coverage of the Democratic midterm victory reveals Moscow’s concerns about renewed support for Ukraine amid hopes for political gridlock in Washington.
The Wrong Way to End a War
The Dems should find a way other than the debt ceiling to curb Trump’s war powers.
Is the Far-Right Wave Receding?
But there is a deeper dissatisfaction with democracy that the far right continues to exploit.
Brazil After the Elections
Is Bolsonarism over?
Remembering Mexican Leader Cuauhtemoc Cardenas
Despite robbed elections, Cardenas and the left coalition he helped forge broke up the old corporatist system.
Bankrolling American Empire in the Philippines
The Pentagon and private capital have teamed up to militarize the island nation.
Washington’s War, Beijing’s Tanks
China is absorbing the shock of the Iran War for the rest of Asia.
Democracy Wins in Brazil!
Lula comes from behind to defeat the far right.
Serbian Students Show the World How It’s Done
Serbian students won with a grassroots, leaderless movement.
Free the Kremlin’s Political Prisoners—and Stop Sending It New Ones
The Trump administration’s one-off deals won’t empty Russia’s prisons—especially while U.S. deportations are refilling them.
President Apocalypse
While Trump campaigns for a Nobel Peace Prize, his war on humanity’s only home continues unabated.