A Prize for Lies
The King of Sweden Gives Peter Handke a Disgraceful Nobel Prize
Protesters gathered in central Stockholm to bear witness to the endorsement of genocide denialism by the Nobel Prize for Literature.
World
Privatization at the NHS? American Business Interests Seek Growing Share of U.K.'s Health System
The American health care industry has long had its sights on harnessing a wave of privatization and outsourcing in the U.K. system.
Targeting Iran
U.S. Sanctions Are Driving Iran to Tighten Its Grip on Iraq
Iran was the great beneficiary of the 2003 U.S. invasion of Iraq, which created an opportunity for Iraq’s Shia majority to gain power in Baghdad.
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.
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.