Lee Schlenker / Responsible StatecraftThe move comes amid fears of a deepening humanitarian crisis on the island and possibility of renewed diplomatic engagement.Opinion
Ralph Nader / Nader.orgClinton, Bush, Obama and Biden are living luxurious lives while largely AWOL from joining the existing but overwhelmed civic opposition.Women
Candice Norwood / The 19thThey grapple with a system where their income, housing or immigration status may depend on supervisors who perpetuate sexual violence without oversight.Film
Diane de Vignemont / TruthdigFrench society has been shaken by the public trial of 51 rapists — leading to an emboldened feminist movement and a clearer definition of rape. But women feel there is still a long way to go.Military
Conor Lynch / TruthdigAlmost 20 years after Obama gave high-level criminality a pass, Democrats must be ready to put powerful people behind bars.Immigration
Salma Niazi / TruthdigA generation of young Afghans is struggling with unemployment and the consequent psychological distress.
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Business & Economy
The move comes amid fears of a deepening humanitarian crisis on the island and possibility of renewed diplomatic engagement.
Opinion
Clinton, Bush, Obama and Biden are living luxurious lives while largely AWOL from joining the existing but overwhelmed civic opposition.
Women
They grapple with a system where their income, housing or immigration status may depend on supervisors who perpetuate sexual violence without oversight.
Film
“Kontinental ’25” is a sober satire about urban development, bureaucratic cruelty and the crushing mystery of complicity.
Global Voices
French society has been shaken by the public trial of 51 rapists — leading to an emboldened feminist movement and a clearer definition of rape. But women feel there is still a long way to go.
Military
The language of “precision strikes” functions as a fiction. Israel and the U.S. are deindustrializing Iran.
Media
Left-leaning media watchdogs targeted by the agency accuse it of trying to censor speech it disagrees with.
TD Column
Almost 20 years after Obama gave high-level criminality a pass, Democrats must be ready to put powerful people behind bars.
Immigration
Our concentration camps are not death camps, but people do die there.
Opinion
"Resistance" culture — centered around Robert Mueller’s Russia probe — was a disaster for progressives and the Democratic Party.
Education
A rural Michigan school district could be the test case for those leading the backlash against screen time in schools.
Business & Economy
True energy independence comes from weaning ourselves from fossil fuels.
Global Voices
A generation of young Afghans is struggling with unemployment and the consequent psychological distress.