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Argentina Considers a Return to Peronism
The results of the August 11th primaries cast doubt on the ambitious reform agenda of the incumbent President, Mauricio Macri, who fell fifteen points behind the opposing Peronist coalition.
5:00 A.M.
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A Palestinian Lawyer on Netanyahu’s Strategic Errors
Raja Shehadeh, the co-founder of the human-rights organization Al-Haq, discusses the decline of the Israeli left and how changes in American politics may affect the fate of Palestinians.
5:00 A.M.
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Trump’s Weird Whoppers at the G-7 Summit
The President has proved irascibly intransigent on the world stage. This time, he spouted fabulist views on China, Russia, North Korea, and the environment.
August 27, 2019
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How the Trump Administration Is Stigmatizing Abortion
A new rule governing Title X, the federal program that funds reproductive-health services for low-income women, will interfere with health-care workers’ ability to refer patients to abortion clinics.
August 24, 2019
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Trump Clarification Syndrome
As perilous and unnerving as things are, any form of political despair at such a moment remains unforgivable.
August 23, 2019
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How the Religious Right Transformed Israeli Education
In the past decade, Israeli civil society has undergone a process of “religionization,” most notably in its public schools.
August 23, 2019
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A Penn Law Professor Wants to Make America White Again
Amy Wax promotes the idea that the U.S. should limit immigration because of the superiority of Western culture.
August 23, 2019
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The Double Dishonesty of Boris Johnson’s Brexit Proposals
Almost everything Johnson has done this week has made a potential no-deal Brexit more likely and more damaging.
August 22, 2019
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The Trump Administration’s Sustained Attack on the Rights of Immigrant Children
The White House’s new regulations would gut the Flores agreement, which, for more than twenty years, has insured protections for children held in government custody.
August 22, 2019
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A Proposal to Change How Democrats Think About the Supreme Court
Though Presidential candidates aren’t yet talking about the judiciary, some former officials are trying to force the subject into the political conversation.
August 21, 2019
