A meditation on history and the long arc of justice.
Hope, History, and Unpredictability
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Africa
Our Top 13 from 2013
Our top pieces from 2013 touch on nearly corner of the world.
Is South Sudan a Failed State?
Sudan might have been better off undivided.
Nelson Mandela’s Closest Allies
Though Western leaders now lionize Nelson Mandela, the only leaders who stood up for his struggle when it counted were those most demonized by the West.
In Mali, Conflict Continues a Year After the French-led Invasion
A French re-militarization of Africa, under the well-worn pretext of humanitarian intervention, is in the making.
Spineless in Bali
Developed countries are still using the WTO to squeeze small farmers in the developing world–and developing world governments are going along with the charade.
The Twilight of Leadership
We don’t have many Nelson Mandelas left, and we don’t really like the more pedestrian politicians that we’ve been saddled with.
Gendering Climate
Integrating women into environmental decision-making is critical to addressing the issues arising from climate change.
Mandela in the Age of Drones
If Nelson Mandela were alive and an active revolutionary today, would he have been targeted for extrajudicial assassination?
Climate Protection: The New Insurgency
Faced with the failure of conventional lobbying, the climate protection movement is now turning to mass civil disobedience—but we can take it further still.