Elections

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  Op-Ed

  Egypt Five Years Later: The Failures of Another US-Backed Dictatorship

  January 22, 2016 - 

  On the eve of the five-year anniversary of Egypt’s revolution, a look back on what’s changed, what hasn’t, and what the US has done to help secure yet another repressive regime.  More

  By Ganzeer

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  Op-Ed

  An Artist Reflects on When to Walk Away

  September 18, 2015 - 

  The maker of “Capitalism Works for Me” on corporate philanthropy’s role in the art world, the ethics and compromises of getting paid, and who deserves public scrutiny.  More

  By Steve Lambert

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  Video

  New App Would Enable Israelis to Give their Votes to Palestinians and the Undocumented

  March 13, 2015 - 

  Ahead of the 2015 Israeli election, an effort to use mobile technology to enfranchise inhabitants of the occupied territories and others deprived of voting rights is underway.  More

  By Ronen Eidelman

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  Op-Ed

  Mugabe’s Naughty 91st and Other Horror Stories from Harare

  February 20, 2015 - 

  On the eve of birthday celebrations for President Robert Mugabe, spoken word artist Comrade Fatso describes the Game of Thrones scenario unfolding in Zimbabwe, where various factions are vying to succeed the nation’s only post-independence leader against a backdrop of crippling poverty and unemployment.  More

  By Comrade Fatso

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  Dispatch

  Some of My Best Friends Are Scottish

  September 2, 2014 - 

  Frequenting his favorite London pubs, the English artist Paul Davis asked Scottish friends and strangers what they thought about the impending referendum on independence from the United Kingdom. He matched their responses to limned images of a few great Scots, lending some historical heft and a touch of ventriloquism to the project.  More

  By Paul Davis