All Commentaries

In the U.S., the Second Wave Is Already Here

While Europe and Asia track down three-digit infection spikes at worst, the U.S. is dealing with over 40,000 a day.

The rules of the global economy have created climate change, inequality, and deep vulnerability. But rules can change.

We need to end systemic racism and the militarism that makes it even deadlier — from Kabul to Atlanta and Baghdad to Minneapolis.

South Korea is trapped between a U.S. rock and a North Korean hard place. It should consider changing its relationship with the rock.

What lessons can be learned from the end of the Confederacy, Nazi Germany, and Saddam’s Iraq?

Brazil has joined the U.S. atop the list of worst-impacted countries. Both have far-right leaders — and a legacy of institutional racism.

Over-funding police has terrorized people of color and left communities less secure. Can the same not be said of the Pentagon?

You don’t need to lionize Bolton, a far-right hawk, to understand what makes his observations about Trump valuable.

Around the world, LGBTQ people are more vulnerable to the pandemic — especially where their status intersects with poverty.

Why is Trump unraveling treaties on nuclear arms? It’s not just greed — some people want to use them.