May 21, 2025
How to Gut Democracy
Advice for Aspiring Autocrats; Quick Takes: Libya; Mali; El Salvador; Readers’ Recommendations; Support Our Work!
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May 20, 2025
“Undesirable” Human Rights
Russia’s Attack on Amnesty International; Quick Takes: Peru; Türkiye; Syria; Readers’ Recommendations; Support Our Work!
May 19, 2025
Arms and Abuses
Responding to North Korea; Quick Takes: Chad; US/Syria; Sri Lanka; Afghanistan; Azerbaijan; Poland; Readers’ Recommendations; Podcast: US Alien Enemies Act.
May 15, 2025
An Escalation of Extermination
Israel’s Plan to “Destroy” Gaza; Quick Takes: Russia; US/Cuba; Libya/ICC; China/Tibet; Readers’ Recommendations; Weekly Quiz!
May 14, 2025
Water Water Everywhere
And Not a Drop to Drink?; Quick Takes: Saudi Arabia; Syria/Türkiye; Egypt; Readers’ Recommendations; Support Our Work!
May 13, 2025
Twenty Years Ago Today
A Massacre and the Duplicitous Diplomacy That Followed; Quick Takes: South Sudan; UK/Israel; Sweden; Readers’ Recommendations; Support Our Work!
May 12, 2025
Copycat Complicity in Crimes?
Like EU, Like US?; Quick Takes: Burkina Faso; Syria; Gig Work; Readers’ Recommendations; Support Our Work!
May 8, 2025
Afraid to Speak in Greece
A Media Freedom Crisis; Quick Takes: Hong Kong; Guatemala; Readers’ Recommendations; Weekly Quiz!
May 7, 2025
Whining about “Woke” Warps Washington
Trump’s Assault on Equality; Quick Takes: Mining; Occupied Crimea; UN; Readers’ Recommendations; Support Our Work!
May 6, 2025
Russian Torture
The Case of Ukraine Journalist Viktoriia Roshchyna; Quick Takes: Climate Crisis; Mali; Bangladesh; Readers’ Recommendations; Emmy Nomination!
