Transgender Rights in Nepal Has Entered a Hyper-Medicalized Era
Nepal’s courts have struck landmark victories for transgender rights. But a lack of clarity about implementation has led to humiliating abuses.
The Critical Missing Piece from the U.S. Energy Transition
Competition with China over minerals is meaningless if the prize is a dead planet.
The Ugly Origins of Trump’s “America First” Policy
With this phrase, the former president is connecting himself to the Ku Klux Klan and outright fascist movements.
DRC Bleeds Conflict Minerals for Green Growth
Congolese activists, facing violence and colonial exploitation, call for a green transition that puts justice first.
Robert Oppenheimer’s Tragedy―and Ours
The new movie by Christopher Nolan puts the nuclear threat front and center.
The Military Dangers of AI Are Not Hallucinations
If, in a grim future, AI attacks AI, will human extinction be the collateral damage?
America vs. the Supreme Court
According to the Supreme Court, America’s not back but backwards.
Dwight Was Right: Congress Must Say No to Military Contractors
The world Eisenhower warned about has materialized. We need more members of Congress to stand up to the arms industry and fight for social investments instead.
Beware Europe’s New Green Colonialism
European carbon emission reductions might sound impressive, but they come with a big asterisk.
Greenwashing ExxonMobil’s Oil Boom in Guyana
U.S. officials are portraying recent deals as wins for Guyana’s environment.
Thailand on the Brink of Change
Thai society appears united on the need to end military rule.
Why I Crashed the White House’s Garden Party for Narendra Modi
The White House’s embrace of the Indian leader is normalizing fascism in the world’s most populous country — and in the U.S. as well.
The Beginning of the End for Putin?
The failed coup by the Wagner Group has exposed the Russian president’s fatal weaknesses.
Imagination and Liberation
A review of Indonesia Out of Exile: How Pramoedya’s Buru Quartet Killed a Dictatorship by Max Lane.