Saudi Arabia moves against Qatar. The Newest Crisis in the Middle East, ExplainedSaudi Arabia and its close allies in the region moved against Qatar, cutting off sea and air travel and moving...
PODCAST: The Fallout Begins from Trump’s Decision to Leave the Paris AgreementDonald Trump has pulled the United States out of the Paris Climate Agreement In the wake of this decision, I...
This is What Political Science Teaches Us About the Killing of JournalistsWe are nearly six months into the year and already nice journalists have been killed in 2017, including four in...
PODCAST: Journalist Jill Filipovic Chats Reproductive Health Care, the Global Gag Rule, and the Feminist Pursuit of HappinessJill Filipovic is a Nairobi-based journalist and author of the new book The H-Spot: The Feminist Pursuit of Happiness. Jill...
Trump’s First Foreign Trip Will Take Him to Saudi Arabia, Israel and Europe. Here’s What You Need to KnowAs I’m typing, the White House is busy doing damage control over news that Donald Trump revealed sensitive information to...
Understanding Trump’s Jerusalem GambleEditor’s note. This podcast was originally published in December, following news that the Trump administration would move the US embassy...
Meet Emmanuel Macron, the Surprising New President of FranceEmmanuel Macron won a stunning election victory in France this week, besting by huge margins the far right candidate Marine...
PODCAST: Is There Enough Food for Our “Hot Hungry Planet”Lisa Palmer is author of the new book Hot Hungry Planet: The Fight to Stop a Global Food Crisis in...
There’s Enough Food. But Famine Still Looms in Yemen. Here’s WhyYemen was already the poorest country in the region when the country descended into civil war three years ago. Now,...