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Perpetual Debt in the Silicon Savannah

Kenya's poor were among the first to benefit from digital lending apps; now they call it slavery.

Kevin P. Donovan, Emma Park

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Evil Empire

Militarization. Imperialism. American hypocrisy. Our latest issue is available to order now.

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A Turning Point in Israel

The government’s new Nation State Law codifies prejudice, but therein lies a silver lining.

Odeh Bisharat

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What Are Human Rights Good For?

Global justice requires that we look away from Geneva and New York to the outer fringes of global power.

Mark Goodale

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The App that Makes You a Terrorist

In the Turkish government’s rush to root out conspirators, the threshold for guilt is low.

Umar Farooq

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The Border Is Not a Wall

It is an ever-widening surveillance zone that turns borderland citizens into guardians of the state.

Matthew Longo

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Brazilian Democracy in Peril

Brazil has been in disarray since 2016’s presidential impeachment, but after the murder of the country’s most exciting progressive politician, Brazilians must decide whether to be outraged or resigned.

Gianpaolo Baiocchi, Marcelo K. Silva

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Immigrants Welcome*

Trump’s Muslim ban was not just an abberation: U.S. citizenship has long been predicated on whiteness as it was understood in 1790.

Maytha Alhassen

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Who Gets the Right to Stay?

The moral right of states to apprehend and deport irregular migrants erodes with the passage of time.

Joseph H. Carens

Global Justice, Politics

The Man from Kasimpasa

Erdogan is all too easily labelled a populist. But the reasons for his popularity are more complicated.

Engin Önder

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Growing Up Under Mugabe

On the enduring legacy of a dictatorial ruler.

Naseemah Mohamed

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Writing While Socialist

Vijay Prashad on writing, struggle, and hope in difficult times.

Vijay Prashad, Mark Nowak

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Open for Business, Not Human Rights: Trump's Priorities in Central America

A recent conference made it clear: military and corporate interests will prevail.

Lauren Carasik

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