Want to Understand Global Inequality? Visit the Dump. Want to Understand Global Inequality? Visit the Dump.
Alexander Clapp’s "Waste Wars", a world-spanning inquiry into the politics of garbage, makes a case that everything that is wrong with capitalism is embodied in our trash.
Jul 23, 2025 / Books & the Arts / Carol Schaeffer
NATO Rolls Out the Red Carpet for Trump, the President Who Would Be King NATO Rolls Out the Red Carpet for Trump, the President Who Would Be King
The NATO secretary general had one mission: Keep Trump happy. And to keep Trump happy, you sacrifice your dignity and play the vassal.
Jun 27, 2025 / Carol Schaeffer
The Far Right Just Made Terrifying New Gains in Germany The Far Right Just Made Terrifying New Gains in Germany
One lesson from an Alternative für Deutschland rally and this weekend’s election results: The Cold War never ended.
Feb 24, 2025 / Carol Schaeffer
A Far-Right Attacker Kills 5 in a Christmas Market. The German Far Right Takes Advantage. A Far-Right Attacker Kills 5 in a Christmas Market. The German Far Right Takes Advantage.
The eastern German city of Magdeburg mourns as the Alternative für Deutschland party sees an opportunity after one of its supporters plowed into a fairy-tale Christmas market.
Dec 23, 2024 / Carol Schaeffer
The “Worst COP” Concludes With a “Heartbreaking” Climate-Finance Deal The “Worst COP” Concludes With a “Heartbreaking” Climate-Finance Deal
Activists say the climate agreement effectively signed away the 1.5-degree Celsius target—”our only real chance to safeguard humanity’s future.”
Nov 27, 2024 / Carol Schaeffer
Rich Countries Must Pay Up or Humanity Will Pay the Price Rich Countries Must Pay Up or Humanity Will Pay the Price
The climate activist Lidy Nacpil says the climate bill owed to developing nations is in the “trillions, not billions.”
Nov 25, 2024 / Q&A / Carol Schaeffer
The “Dark Joke” of Having a Climate Summit in Azerbaijan The “Dark Joke” of Having a Climate Summit in Azerbaijan
COP29 in Baku reveals the contradictions of having climate negotiations in a petro-state.
Nov 19, 2024 / Carol Schaeffer
Behind Closed Doors, Ukraine Anxiously Watched the US Election Unfold Behind Closed Doors, Ukraine Anxiously Watched the US Election Unfold
Ukrainian officials maintain an optimistic, bipartisan approach to the US, but in private, many Ukrainians are pessimistic about an increasingly bleak war and the US role in it.
Nov 7, 2024 / Carol Schaeffer
Dispatch From Kyiv: Ballet in a Time of War Dispatch From Kyiv: Ballet in a Time of War
While Ukraine’s capital has mostly returned to normal, reminders of the brutal fighting are everywhere.
Mar 7, 2023 / Carol Schaeffer
How the West Failed Bosnia How the West Failed Bosnia
The Dayton Accords and privatization have kept Bosnia and Herzegovina in a tragic limbo.
Dec 27, 2022 / Feature / Carol Schaeffer