In only a handful of countries are journalists supported, protected and generally trusted. We need to change that. A clickable map of press freedom. Courtesy of Reporters Without Borders. After a century of gradual expansion of press rights in the United States, the...
Voters in the U.S. state of Delaware elected someone to Congress because of issues they care about. The gender of that person at birth was not one of them. U.S. Rep. Sarah McBride walks through the U.S. Capitol on 2 April 2025. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call via AP Images)...
U.S. trade wars could create new alliances around energy independence and make fossil fuel investments risky. Two women work on the production line of solar panels at a factory in Sihong County in east China’s Jiangsu province, 23 January 2025. (FeatureChina via...
Donald Trump commands some 200,000 U.S. troops in more than 125 military bases in 149 countries. Why are they there in the first place? U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth salutes U.S. troops at Camp Aguinaldo in Quezon City, Philippines, 28 March 2025. (AP...
How to get the significance of Donald Trump’s bitterness towards Europe? You have to look at the complicated dance between Russia and the United States. U.S. President Donald Trump, left, and Russian President Vladimir Putin shake hands at the beginning of a...
The U.S. real estate developer-in-chief sees profit potential in the beaches of Gaza. But the forced relocation of people is a crime against humanity. Palestinians displaced by the war between Israel and Hamas, take refuge in a tented settlement along the...
The United States prides itself on being a government of the people. But the nation that invented modern democracy is no longer the model for it. Eligible voters form a long line to get on a bus bound for their vote-registered domicile for the 2024 Taiwanese...
For a democracy to last, its leaders must willingly step down and the transition from one to the next must be smooth and bloodless. Then-President Barack Obama shakes hands with President-elect Donald Trump during the presidential inauguration at the U.S. Capitol in...
Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter will be buried today. Our correspondent remembers meeting the man who put personal integrity over politics and profits. Former U.S. president Jimmy Carter in Wiesbaden, Germany 21 January 1981, greeting the U.S. hostages released...
It wasn’t too long ago that a woman wouldn’t dine alone in the United States. Two women decided to change that by opening their own restaurant. A notice once on the wall of Bread and Roses now housed at the The Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on...