Democracy has become more about bureaucratic procedure and less about the people.
Obama and the Gordian Knot of Politics
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Democracy & Governance
Obama’s Immigration Action Doesn’t Go Far Enough
All the undocumented farm workers who harvest our food deserve a chance to live without fear of deportation.
What “Free Trade” Has Done to Central America
Warnings about the human and environmental costs of “free trade” went unheeded. Now the most vulnerable Central Americans are paying the price.
Mexico’s Undead Rise Up
With 43 disappeared student teachers presumed dead, Mexican popular resistance is creating new alternatives to the militarized narco-state.
What a GOP Senate Means for Obama’s Foreign Policy
2015 could yet see some significant developments—at least on issues where the White House and GOP are aligned.
Tunisia’s Unfinished Revolution
Religious tensions, remnants of the police state, and a broken-down neoliberal economic model imperil Tunisia’s otherwise impressive democratic transition.
Public and Private in Poland
In Poland, the market has replaced Solidarity as a symbol of civil society.
The Wall
Few images from the last days of the Cold War are as enduring in the West as the fall of the Berlin Wall. But in Central and Eastern Europe, a more complex picture emerges.
The Bad News about Burma
Backsliding reforms, attacks on civilians, and evidence of war crimes are among the troubling reports just ahead of President Obama’s visit to Burma.
History Didn’t Bring Down the Berlin Wall — Activists Did
Mass uprisings like the one that brought down the Soviet bloc are neither as rare — nor as spontaneous — as they first appear.