Opinion

Netanyahu started the war in Gaza without any realistic vision of how to end it. Two years later, Israel can hardly be considered victorious

The road for such a fragile initiative is fraught with risks, but the US president’s calculations, the consensus in the region, and Hamas’ weakness and isolation provide cause for hope

Visiting this remote spot in the Willow Creeks Valley is like stepping into a dream frozen in sepia. Everything is there. The houses, the objects, the half-burned stoves, the unopened letters. And the warning remains the same: don’t touch anything

Israel does not usually attack unilaterally, but when attacked, it uses it to advance resolutely toward what appears to be the ultimate project of the most radical Zionist movement, Greater Israel

‘The Life of a Showgirl’ shows itself as a transitional record, nothing more than friendly elevator music

The risk of the National Guard deployments is that our reflexive militarism moves us, mindlessly, towards fascism

States and cities are acting as checks and balances against the White House

This year’s summit in Belém will not only test the durability of the Paris Agreement, now a decade old—it will test whether the world can still come together to confront global threats at a time of fracture and distrust

The heart of the MAGA movement should be read less as a political fad or a partisan organization than as a sect with a creed, and the far-right agitator was the typical conservative missionary

The far right is beginning to dispense with euphemisms when they want to rally their own people to instill fear in others

Washington has had conflicting opinions that converge around the need to control drug trafficking in the Caribbean, punish Maduro and end the Cartel of the Suns without mobilizing troops on the ground

Vladimir Putin will be the first Russian president to set foot on the territory, sold to Washington in 1867, on Friday. The choice of this peninsula for the summit with Donald Trump that will decide Ukraine’s future is no coincidence

Consumers in capitalist countries are against the state dictating what they should read or listen to, which is why the Republican Party, though riding high now, is headed for extinction

That the event is taking place in such a symbolic territory is a powerful statement that offers an extraordinary opportunity to change the narrative, re-center Indigenous knowledge, and reimagine governance

Statues come and go on the streets of Mexico City, whether people put them up or authorities take them down

The ease with which we accept two summer lovers being exposed to the entire planet by a concert camera is impressive

No one believes in the revolution anymore. The Díaz-Canel government does not inspire any affection or respect. The country produces almost nothing, and Trump has imposed new sanctions just when Cubans couldn’t imagine life getting any worse 

The xenophobic episode in Spain is part of a broader pattern of reaction in the West that draws on a mixture of material and cultural discontent, spurred by the far right

The White House’s tariff threat against Brazil to keep Bolsonaro out of prison goes beyond a violation of US law. It means that a president is now using economic blackmail to force another country’s justice system to do his bidding

If New York City elects the winner of the Democratic primary as mayor in November, it will do something even more necessary than choosing a politician with progressive credentials. It will demonstrate that another time still exists for the rest of us

There are no walls high enough to preserve islands of peace and prosperity surrounded by violence and misery, writes Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva

No matter how much Netanyahu portrays himself as a new Churchill, his attacks on Tehran risk backfiring — strengthening the regime’s resolve to build a nuclear arsenal. To prevent this, future agreements must be reached

For the Republican leader, whoever gets to define the enemy can hold on to power. That’s why he describes immigration as an invasion

At the United Nations summit in Seville, governments cannot simply cover up the shortcomings of a collapsing developing finance system