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Images from February 2014 anti-surveillance demonstrations, from top left: a mural by War Design art collective in Bogota, Colombia; a public protest in Manila, Philippines (photo by ; a public rally in San Francisco, US (photo by Ellery Biddle); an...

By Shikha Sreenivas Photo courtesy: mollycrabapple.com At some point during the last year, I had become a cynic. Right now, it isn’t a difficult time to be a cynic — with the rise of the alternative right across the world, the hopeless case of the...

Donald Trump’s conflicts of interest span the globe When Americans talk about corruption in politics, they usually mean the outsize influence corporations and the wealthy can exert in politics through campaign donations. But President-elect Donald...

From Ian: Barry Shaw: The False Premise of Palestine and Peace The notion that the creation of a state of Palestine will herald everlasting peace is naïve in the extreme. After 50 years of a two-state failure, the French and other diplomats, in their...

We’re launching a regular series tracking President-elect Donald Trump’s adherence, or lack thereof, to democratic norms. These norms are not necessarily legally required, but help make up the fabric that holds together broader democratic values, such...