Global

Stop and Look

Geocaching invites you to consider spaces normally relegate to the blur of background scenery.

  • Matthew Fishbane

Soft Power in Nigeria

The U.S. is funding development in restive Northern Nigeria, but soft power isn't blunting anti-American sentiments.

  • Ameto Akpe

The U.A.E.’s Brewing Crisis

In a rich country famous for giving its citizens everything, the bidoun are citizens of nowhere.

  • Katie Cella

Under the Cross in China

Christian weddings are on the rise in China, even among non-believers.

  • Xiao-bo Yuan

Afghanistan’s Misguided Economy

In 1978, Afghanistan had achieved food security for a population of 15 million. Today, Afghanistan is extremely dependent on aid and imports.

  • Graciana del Castillo

Outsourcing Haiti

How disaster relief became a disaster of its own.

  • Jake Johnston

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Into Africa

OneTouch travels the African continent, showcasing its natural beauty.

  • Rose Odengo

Can Greece’s SYRIZA Change Europe’s Economy?

The biggest threat to Greece’s left-wing coalition is itself.

  • Yanis Varoufakis

Europe’s Deadly Border

Migrants are dying as they cross the Mediterranean. Is there a better way?

  • David Bacon

Illiberal Reform

Why Did Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood Fail?

  • Lisa Blaydes

Letter from Israel: Leftists on Zionism’s Past, Present, and Future

While “left” in the West is now a virtual synonym for anti-Zionism, the same is far from true in Israel.

  • Susie Linfield

Ayatollah Khamenei and the Destruction of Israel

Including translations of Khamenei’s speeches from 1990 to the present.

  • Akbar Ganji

Drone Victims Testify Before Congress

A Pakistani family demands acknowledgment of their grandmother's death.

  • Beenish Ahmed

Rodolfo Walsh and the Struggle for Argentina

Before In Cold Blood, there was Operation Massacre.

  • Stephen Phelan

A Place for Muslim Women

The kinds of sacred spaces we worked for are not just possible; they exist. On the other side of the planet. Under occupation.

  • Haroon Moghul

Jordan’s Second-Class Citizens

Jordanian mothers with non-Jordanian husbands cannot pass along citizenship to their children. The results are devastating, but a growing campaign is committed to change.

  • Elizabeth Whitman

Defrosting the Cold War with Iran

What will it take to revive U.S.-Iran relations?

  • Akbar Ganji

Raúl’s Cuba

Raúl is not the same as his brother, but the democratic movement that Cuba needs still is not coming any time soon.

  • Samuel Farber

The Truth About GMOs

Genetically modified foods are safe for humans and pose no special environmental risk. Yet there are serious policy questions to consider.

  • Pamela Ronald
with responses from
  • Marc Gunther
  • Greg Jaffe
  • Margaret Mellon
  • Rosamond Naylor
  • Robert Paarlberg
  • Nina Fedoroff
  • Tim Burrack
  • Jennie Schmidt
  • Jack Heinemann

Syria’s Red Line

The chemical weapons ban should have been made universal years ago.

  • Jeanne Guillemin

Bosnia and Syria: Intervention Then and Now

When state order collapses, every confessional or ethnic group asks one question: Who will protect us now?

  • Michael Ignatieff

Arresting Robert Mugabe

An interview with activist Peter Tatchell.

  • Tinashe Mushakavanhu

High in Uruguay

The South American Country May Soon Be the First in the World to Officially Cultivate and Distribute Marijuana

  • Michelle García

The Book

When two scientists discover a book looted by the Nazis, they seek out the rightful heir and in the process explore the reparations process of early postwar days.

  • Karin Andert
  • Niko Kohls
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