The Danger of Hope How to persist when disillusion sets in and effecting change can seem like a pipe dream perspective Emma Lacey-Bordeaux
What We Miss When We Talk about the “Middle East” Why journalism that refuses to simplify, refuses to look away from messy, contradictory realities remains essential to telling the story of conflict perspective Natalia Antelava
Bucharest Calling: MAGA goes on tour The rise of George Simion in Romania shows how an anti-globalist movement has gone global, turning "Make America Great Again" into "Make Europe Great Again" explainer Natalie Donback
The crackdown on pro-Palestinian gatherings in Germany A ban on protests is raising deep questions about who is considered part of the nation and what, exactly, Germany has learned from its history. feature Sanders Isaac Bernstein
I’m trans, and in 2016 I voted for Donald Trump. Now I want to leave the country first person Danielle Marie and Isobel Cockerell
Pope Francis's final warning Tech evangelists talk of AI as God, an all-powerful deity. But the Vatican has mounted a sophisticated counter argument, a defense of of our shared humanity dispatch Isobel Cockerell
When autocrats buy zebras It’s not just a whim, it’s not just eccentricity. It’s a show of power and control perspective Natalia Antelava
From Russia with hate Vladimir Putin’s anti-LGBT blueprint has made its way across the world to the Oval Office, where Donald Trump is using it to draw up American policy explainer Natalia Antelava
Musk and Milei’s chainsaw bromance Argentina’s president and Donald Trump’s chosen oligarch are self-styled outsider radicals driven by an ideological desire to cut government down to size explainer Ana Prieto
The scramble to reconstruct Gaza Israel says it is committed to making Donald Trump’s “plan” for a Gaza without Gazans a reality . Can Arab states stave off a second Nakba? perspective Jim Muir
The end of consensus In Europe, members of the Trump administration sent out a clear message: America’s going solo explainer Shougat Dasgupta
Shattering the Overton Window Donald Trump's superpower is making the once unthinkable and unsayable seem inevitable perspective Natalia Antelava
Trump, Museveni and the anti-LGBT agenda As the U.S. government retreats from public health projects in Africa, it leaves a diplomatic hole that China can fill explainer Lyla Renwick-Archibold
Why is Trump obsessed with Haiti? He’s not the only one The answer lies in colonial history q&a Nishita Jha
The New Aztecs In downtown Mexico City, a revival of ancient Aztec culture is underway photo essay Kike Arnal
