What that Protestant Reformation can teach us about the durability of far-right movements — and the order they seek to replace.
Why Is the Radical Right Still Winning?
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#MeToo Goes Global
The U.S. isn’t the only country where women are lining up to burn down the (frat) house.
The Venezuelan Walkers
200 Venezuelans are leaving the country every day on foot. They deserve a humane, coordinated response.
The Anti-Corruption Revolution
Global uprisings against corruption can fuse middle-class concerns over the rule of law to a more radical critique of unequal political systems.
Let the Peace Games Begin
As the Olympic games in Rio draw to a close, another set of games will begin: military exercises between the United States and South Korea to prepare for a possible armed conflict with North Korea.
Team Refugee and the Normalization of Mass Displacement
As refugees take the Olympic stage, the wars that sent them running for their lives continue apace.
A Very Brazilian Coup
Brazil’s elites can’t win an election, but they can engineer an impeachment.
Zika is a Reproductive Rights Issue
Several countries afflicted by the Zika virus are asking women to delay getting pregnant. Yet local laws — and U.S. foreign aid rules — make it impossible for many to get a safe abortions.
The Rise and Fall of Latin America’s Most Successful Progressive Party
Brazil’s Workers’ Party was once the pride of the New Left for an entire hemisphere. Now its 13-year rule hangs by a thread.
What Happened to Brazil?
Latin America’s largest country once looked ascendant. Now it’s been laid low by widespread violence, structural racism, endemic corruption, and external economic shocks.