The Coronavirus Crisis
India's Vaccine Makers Are Pandemic Profiteers, Not Humanitarians
The Indian government’s free-market approach to vaccine distribution has privileged profit over lives.
World
The Coronavirus Crisis
U.S. Sanctions on Cuba and Venezuela Hamper the Global Fight Against Covid-19
Critics say the sanctions undermine U.S. ambitions to vaccinate the world, while new polling shows a clear majority favors a policy change.
Bolivian Ex-Minister of Defense Plotted a Second Coup Using U.S. Mercenaries
Leaked phone recordings and emails reveal a top official was prepared to use foreign troops to block Bolivia’s left-wing MAS party from returning to power.
Voices
The G7 Upheld Vaccine Apartheid. Officials From the “Global South” Are Pushing Back.
A summit of government ministers is trying to tackle the inequities of Covid-19 vaccine distribution that could cost millions of lives.
Israel's New Leaders Won't Stop "Death to Arabs" Chants, but They Will Feel Bad About Them
Israel's "change coalition" facilitated, then criticized, a Jewish supremacist rally in East Jerusalem, where Palestinians were threatened by racists and assaulted by the police.
The Coronavirus Crisis
The Vaccine Divide
"Why should the knowledge that is required to end the pandemic be kept secret?"
Tools for Repression in Myanmar Expose Gap Between EU Tech Investment and Regulation
Europe is developing phone-cracking technology with a company that has exported to authoritarian regimes.
European Soccer Stars Refuse to Yield to Racist Fans Who Jeer Them for Taking a Knee
Young athletes who represent increasingly multiracial European nations insist on taking a knee to protest racism.
As Salvadoran Leaders Tout a Safer Country, More People Are Going Missing
More than three people disappeared each day in El Salvador during the first four months of this year, a marked increase over 2020.
Bolsonaro Ramps Up Crackdown on Dissent With Tough Brazil Election Looming
From a dictatorship-era law to his campaign against the press, Brazil’s far-right president is ready to use his whole arsenal.