U.S. Lobbyists Prepare to Seize “Historic Opportunity” in Tory-Led Brexit to Shred Consumer Safeguards, Raise Drug Prices
The Brexit deal may be a Trojan horse for U.S. corporate interests, from Silicon Valley and American pork to pharmaceuticals.
World
Even Hunter Biden Admits His Work in Ukraine Was a Mistake. Why Can't His Father Say That?
Biden’s bizarre claim that “no one has said my son did anything wrong” in Ukraine reveals an inability to accept that legal behavior can also be unethical.
Climate Crimes
Under Left- and Right-Wing Leaders, the Amazon Has Burned. Can Latin America Reject Oil, Ranching, and Mining?
The social gains of the pink tide were real, and striking. But they were ephemeral, and the cost to the environment was high.
A Prize for Lies
Nobel Winner Peter Handke Compared My Questions About Genocide in Bosnia to a “Calligraphy of Shit”
At a press conference, Peter Handke refused to answer my questions about the Bosnian genocide, saying they were “empty” and “ignorant.”
By the Republicans' Absurd Definition, Boris Johnson Meddled in the 2016 Election
Reporters should ask Donald Trump if Boris Johnson “meddled” in the 2016 election by denouncing him as stupid and insane for proposing to ban Muslims.
The War on Immigrants
Cameroonian Asylum-Seekers at the Border Are Fleeing a U.S.-Backed Military Force
Some 10,000 Cameroonians have tried to ask for asylum in the U.S. since 2016, many of them escaping brutal treatment by an elite Cameroonian military unit.
Voices
The Nobel Prize, a Rape Camp in Bosnia, and Peter Handke
When Peter Handke visited Bosnia in 1998, he stayed at a horrifying landmark: a hotel used by Serbs during the war as a rape camp.
Did an American Billionaire Philanthropist Play a Role in the Imprisonment of Iranian Environmentalists?
Thomas Kaplan funds both a big-cat charity and an anti-Iran advocacy group. These worlds collided when eight Iranian environmentalists were arrested.
Democrats Want to End U.S. Support for the Yemen War — but They Might Continue Funding It Anyway
Progressives want to use the defense budget to stop support for Saudi Arabia’s war, but are enough Democrats willing to take a stand?
Iraqi Children Born Near U.S. Military Base Show Elevated Rates of “Serious Congenital Deformities,” Study Finds
“The war has spread so much radiation here that, unless it is cleaned up, generations of Iraqis will continue to be affected.”