January 7, 2015
Back in 2004, George W. Bush voiced his conviction that “[n]o President has ever done more for human rights than I have.” This is the same...
Art
September 30, 2014
A woman named Muna carries a goose across the border between Syria and Jordan. She has just watched soldiers execute four of her children,...
Reviews
September 16, 2014
As a preeminent critic of human rights discourse, Samuel Moyn is known for raising important concerns over the uses of “human rights” for...
Art
July 7, 2014
Foreword by Mario Badagliacca Italy, and other European countries, are at the center of serious violations of human rights with the...
Reviews
May 7, 2014
Violence founds and preserves the state. Monopoly over the legal use of violence is, Max Weber reminds us, indispensable to all modern...
Conversations
April 1, 2014
BANGKOK, THAILAND. Since the beginning of March, the streets of Bangkok have seemingly come back to their bustling normality. Traffic jams...
blog
March 6, 2014
A few words from Spanish actor Javier Bardem this week incited a diplomatic row that threatens to challenge the tight bond between France...
Art
July 8, 2013
Editor's Preface In late 2010, journalist David Axe traveled to Democratic Republic of Congo to report on the devastation being wrought...
Reportage
July 2, 2013
July 2, 2013: Paramilitary troops from Senegal’s rapid intervention force surprised exiled former Chadian dictator Hissène Habré in his...