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As a metaphor for the ideological conflict between capitalist West and communist East, the concept of a Cold War never made much sense in Vietnam, Korea, or Malaya, where things got distinctly hot. In reality,...

Commentaries on Ousmane Sembène often hail the Senegalese director as the “father of African cinema,” a pioneer with an illustrious string of firsts to his name: the first film shot in Africa by a sub-Saharan...

Today, and every April 9 to come, should be a national holiday. A holiday to commemorate, celebrate, and sanctify the story of the most revolutionary expansion of democracy and freedom in the history of the...

For years, the US financial system has served as a major destination for dirty money, due to glaring gaps and loopholes in the federal regulatory apparatus. The Corporate Transparency Act (CTA), introduced in 2020, was...

Decline is rarely graceful. Cristiano Ronaldo’s contentious second spell at Manchester United ended after just four months, largely because he refused to accept a diminished role and salary despite his age; Michael Jordan’s two-year stint...

After more than seven weeks of deliberations, South Korea’s Constitutional Court has finally upheld the impeachment of President Yoon Suk-yeol, who attempted to subvert the constitutional order with a botched bid for martial law in...

It is with a sense of incredulity that I find myself writing a review of A Minecraft Movie, which is a huge blockbuster hit. I saw it in a theater filled with rows of boys...

This is the first in a two-part series on Central America’s history and present, featuring scholars Hilary Goodfriend and Jorge Cuéllar in conversation with Daniel Denvir on The Dig, a Jacobin Radio podcast. It is...

Twelve years after a massive revolt shook the Turkish government to its core, masses of people throughout the country are rising up again to defy authoritarian backsliding. The earlier movement had taken its name from...

It’s a well-worn story: the anti-corruption crusader who, once in office, becomes even more corrupt than his predecessor. But that simple narrative quite aptly describes the argument of a recently updated book on David Rachline...

This is the moment of the conservative crack-up I’ve been waiting for. It’s going to sound small, but it’s the wedge of a wider fissure. A legal nonprofit just filed a lawsuit against Donald Trump’s declaration...

Private equity firms are increasingly targeting the little-known companies that fix planes for commercial airlines — preying on an industry with already weakened oversight and further stoking aviation safety advocates’ fears. In the past, commercial...