The U.S. government couldn’t resist the temptation to conflate U.S.-Palestinian charities with terrorist organizations.
Easy Targets: U.S.-Palestinian Charitable Organizations Charged With Terrorist Acts
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Democracy & Governance
PBS-TV’s Frontline Misrepresents Vladimir Putin
Frontline ignores the role that the Harvard Economics Department played in post-Soviet privatization and the ensuing corruption.
The Generational Shift in East-Central European Politics
Lustration ― screening of officials for their ties to Communist-era secret police ― is of little consequence to the new generation of East-Central Europe politicians.
Flogging for Blogging?
The U.S. government continues to turn a blind eye to the medieval forms of torture meted out by its Saudi allies.
Haiti’s Political Earthquake
Five years after the devastating earthquake, has Haiti fallen into de facto dictatorship?
Europe’s Coming Battle
There’s a battle coming for the soul of Europe, and the far right is rallying like it’s 1099.
The Visa Curse
Thousands of legal U.S. immigrants are stuck choosing between living here with their spouses or staying behind and pursuing their careers.
Doubling Down on Dictatorship in the Middle East
Four years later, it’s clear that the Arab Spring didn’t stop U.S. support for friendly despots.
Reclaiming Privacy in the Golden Age of Surveillance
We can’t let the goal of ending mass surveillance fall off the international human rights agenda.
Charlie Hebdo: Middle East Blowback?
After the Paris massacre, European governments should resist narratives of civilizational conflict and push for a ceasefire in the Syrian war.