Politics
Could Ditching Elections Save Democracy?
A new book makes the case for replacing them with a system of government based on random selection.
Our Man for Tehran
The U.S.- and Israel-backed campaign positioning Reza Pahlavi, son of the Shah, for regime change in Iran.
“Where’s our bomb?”
Trita Parsi talks with Rajan Menon about the “self-fulfilling prophecy” set in motion by Israeli and U.S. attacks on Iran.
Will Democrats Learn from the Establishment’s Loss?
The David Hogg affair, Zohran Mamdani’s win, and the future of the Democratic coalition.
How Did We Fare on COVID-19?
To restore public trust and prepare for the next pandemic, we need a reckoning with the U.S. experience—what worked, and what didn’t.
Letter to the Editor: “Mexico’s Disappeared”
If the Ayotzinapa case goes unpunished, there will never be a commitment from the state to resolve the broader issue.
Seizing Kashmir
For decades India has refused to acknowledge Kashmiri demands for self-determination. Now Modi has a new strategy—a settler project.
When We Are All Enemies of the State
A recently discovered 1974 speech by Stuart Hall on Walter Rodney—and why fascists fear ideas.
Can Anyone Hear Me?
Palestinians are only allowed to exist if we don’t cause discomfort for those who seek to erase us.
Kill It with Fire
In Spain, ultra-nationalist efforts to rehabilitate Franco extend the global right’s war on memory.
The Outcasts of Zion
The manufacturing of Jewish Zionist consensus lies at the heart of American liberalism’s identity crisis.
The Real Path to Abundance
To deliver plentiful housing and clean energy, we have to get the story right about what’s standing in the way.
The Dead End of Checks and Balances
Far from the cure to Trumpian authoritarianism, the U.S. constitutional system is driving our democratic decline.
The Migrant Pope
Francis challenged the ethnonationalism of the U.S. Catholic right. With the election of Leo XIV, the battle lines are being retraced.
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