America’s Railroad to Nowhere
We know the US rail network is no match for trains in France or Japan. But Barack Obama’s plan for high-speed rail couldn’t even match that of Morocco or Uzbekistan.
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Emmanuel Macron Is Creating a Liberalism Without Civil Liberties
On Tuesday, France's National Assembly passed a bill effectively banning citizens from posting videos of police officers. Emmanuel Macron is trampling on historic press freedoms in order to prove himself as a "law-and-order" president — an authoritarian turn which makes a mockery of his claimed defense of liberal values.
Joe Biden’s Steps Toward Ending Saudi Arabia’s War on Yemen Are Tentatively Hopeful
Yesterday, the Biden administration took two long-overdue steps toward potentially ending the Saudi war on Yemen. But the president has to provide more clarity on what exactly his administration is willing to do to halt Saudi Arabia’s brutality and remove the boot from the neck of Yemenis.
Joe Biden Isn’t Ending the War in Afghanistan
Read past the headlines, and it turns out Joe Biden’s supposed withdrawal from Afghanistan is nothing of the kind — it delays ending the war while envisioning continued “anti-terrorism” action in the future with no end in sight.
Saudi Arabia Is Trying to Sell Its Ultra-Authoritarian Monarchy to Middle America
In recent months, the Saudi lobby has increasingly moved from K Street to Main Street — traveling widely outside the Beltway in a bid to shore up support for the country’s brutal monarchy.
No, the US Has Nothing to Fear From China’s Military
China hawks love to fulminate about how Beijing’s military strength is growing and will challenge the United States in the coming decades. But China’s military is vastly more likely to be fighting climate change than American soldiers.
Polluters Are Trying to Ensure They’re Never Held Responsible for Climate Change
As the devastation of climate change is seen all around us, fossil-fuel companies are working overtime to avoid legal responsibility for the crisis — and offload the costs of environmental damage onto the public.
A Socialist Thanksgiving Ode
A class war Thanksgiving greeting from the early twentieth-century socialist newspaper Appeal to Reason.
The Loudest Opponents of “Inflation” Are Some of Its Biggest Aiders and Abettors
Prescription drugs, hospital visits, housing, higher education, and more have all become frighteningly more expensive, far outpacing Americans’ wages. But those kinds of price increases are ignored by the politicians who are now stridently decrying inflation.
How Greece’s Brutal Anti-Migrant Policies Became a Model for Britain
From criminalizing aid workers to barbed-wire prisons and pushbacks at sea, Greece's right-wing government is waging a war on migrants — and providing a model that Britain's Tory government is keen to follow.
The Political Isn’t Personal
In a world where the political is personal, we signal our political goodness — and hunt for political badness.
The Lack of Hospital Beds Is a National Crisis
America is experiencing a massive shortfall in hospital beds, harmful to both COVID and non-COVID patients needing care. But the pandemic didn’t create the hospital bed crisis — it exacerbated an existing one that our government refuses to address.
South Africa Has Not Been Immune to Right-Wing Populism
Since the end of apartheid, South Africa's ANC has held a firm grip on power. In recent years, the party, plagued by accusations of clientelism and corruption, has been met with opposition from populist forces seeking to advance an ethno-nationalist agenda.
Joe Biden’s Careless Babbling Could Get Us All Killed
When he ran for president, Joe Biden was sold as the adult in the room who would choose his words carefully. But in just the past few days, he’s called for regime change in Russia and seemed to accidentally reveal the US is training Ukrainian troops in Poland.
Western Sanctions on Russia Aren’t Working as Intended
The US-led sanctions on Russia were meant to force an end to Vladimir Putin’s war on Ukraine and weaken his hold on power. Instead, their main effect has been to exacerbate the West’s own economic problems and deepen its internal divisions.
Even Anti-Fascists’ Graves Aren’t Safe from the New Far Right
In Mostar, Bosnia, fascists destroyed the graves of 700 Resistance fighters. The shameful attack is part of a Europe-wide effort to crush the anti-fascist legacy of World War II.
Albania’s History of Communism and Postcommunism Has a Message for Our Time
From its late break with the Ottoman Empire to the Cold War rule of Enver Hoxha, Albania has followed an unusual path through modern history. But the country’s experience of communism and postcommunism is full of valuable lessons for the politics of today.
The Democrats Will Probably Lose the Midterms, Because Our Society Is Falling Apart
The Democrats are too beholden to the rich, and they face structural obstacles that are too daunting, to address the profound sense of social collapse that afflicts the US today. It’s going to get worse before it gets better.
France’s Weapons Industry Is Growing Rich off Dictatorships
Authoritarian governments like those in Egypt and Saudi Arabia have funded a boom in France’s arms industry. Now, with war in Ukraine, it’s setting its sights on rearming Europe.
Today, We Need to Make Amazon Pay
From the United States to Bangladesh, from Germany to South Africa, Amazon will face coordinated strikes and protests today demanding that the company raises wages above inflation for all its workers and stops its union busting.