While Europe and Asia track down three-digit infection spikes at worst, the U.S. is dealing with over 40,000 a day.
In the U.S., the Second Wave Is Already Here
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Keeping Up the Fight Against the Muslim Ban
A year after the Supreme Court ruling upholding it, advocates have lined up legislation and presidential candidates behind undoing one of Trump’s signature abuses.
I’m a Jewish American Who Wanted to Visit Israel. I Got as Far as the Airport.
A new Israeli law bans travel by anyone who supports a nonviolent boycott for Palestinian rights — including Jews who break with the government’s right-wing line.
Trump’s Restrictions on Cuba Are a Detour, Not the Future
It’s unlikely the administration has either the will or the means to roll back the full suite of Obama-era reforms.
Obama Corrects a Historic Mistake on Cuba
Supporters of normalizing relations with Cuba have lost many battles in Washington, but this is a clear victory.
The U.S. Cuba Embargo: Making Diplomacy Impossible
The Obama administration says it wants to improve U.S. ties with Cuba, but its own policies are preventing the country from keeping its diplomatic facilities open.
The Beyonce Effect
Every once in a while, something happens to remind us just how far U.S.-Cuba relations have deviated from what they should be. In the first week of April, superstars Beyonce Knowles-Carter and Jay-Z strolled through Havana, engulfed in a sea of people. Reactions in the U.S. were immediate and indignant — and way off-base.
Kerry’s Cuba Sanity
Admittedly, Kerry has not always applied the lessons of Vietnam properly—witness his regrettable support for the Bush administration’s disastrous invasion of Iraq. But elsewhere, as in his efforts to ease the archaic U.S. blockade on Cuba, Kerry continues to promote engagement as the fundamental tool of foreign policy.