El Salvador’s Embrace of Bitcoin Didn’t Bring Prosperity — It Rode in With Waves of Repression
The Salvadoran president paired his bitcoin mandate with policies of mass incarceration and forced displacement.
World
Joe Biden’s Empty Rhetoric About Hope and History
In 1995, Bill Clinton quoted poet Seamus Heaney to encourage peace in Northern Ireland. Last week, Biden performed a sort of listless political karaoke in Jerusalem.
Voices
Biden to Saudi Arabia and Israel: Sure, Kill Our Journalists
On his trip to the Middle East, Joe Biden’s efforts to paper over nominal allies’ atrocities against Americans sends a message of impunity.
Saudi Prince Taunts Biden for Caring More About Khashoggi Than Shireen Abu Akleh
Mohammed bin Salman tried to exploit Joe Biden's failure to condemn Israel for the killing of Shireen Abu Akleh to deflect blame for the Saudi assassination of Jamal Khashoggi.
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Biden's Trip Is About Exiting the Middle East — but U.S. Might Get Pulled Back In
Joe Biden lacks the will to truly disentangle the U.S. from its unsavory regional allies and the chaos they have sown together.
Israel’s War on Gaza
Israeli Forces Keep Killing Americans While U.S. Officials Give Them a Pass
As Biden courts Israel after the killing of journalist Shireen Abu Akleh, Rachel Corrie’s family is speaking out.
In Letter to Biden, Shireen Abu Akleh's Family Demands a Meeting and an End to Israeli Impunity
Exclusive: The family of the Palestinian American journalist gunned down during an Israeli raid wants Biden to meet them face to face during his Middle East trip.
How the Pentagon Uses a Secretive Program to Wage Proxy Wars
Exclusive documents and interviews reveal the sweeping scope of classified 127e operations.
Foreign Fighters in Ukraine Could Be a Time Bomb for Their Home Countries
Two killed in the Ukrainian Army’s International Legion may have been neo-Nazis.
Documentos recién publicados revelan el rastro internacional de la financiación previa al asesinato de Berta Cáceres
El banco holandés FMO emitió millones de dólares mediante una cuenta offshore para construir la represa Agua Zarca. Los registros muestran que el beneficiario era una compañía, pero las transferencias aterrizaban en otra.