The narrative battle over France’s unrest
Student protests, police violence and French media obsessed with ‘barbarians’.
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The Iran war has become ever more challenging for the Trump administration to sell.
A new book uncovers the role the media played in whitewashing Israel’s genocidal war on Gaza.
Abdul El-Sayed’s hardline campaign exposes a party, a media ecosystem and a debate over Israel in the US.
Protests by India’s Cockroach Janta Party suggest the young generation is becoming harder to intimidate and to silence.
How far have US politics – and media – really shifted on the topic of Israel?
How coverage of the supreme leader’s funeral exposed the limits of familiar narratives about Iran.
The online campaign stoking South Africa’s latest xenophobic backlash.
Keir Starmer’s rapid fall from power and Britain’s revolving door of leaders.
The precarious memorandum of understanding between the US and Iran.
A media industry weakened by marauding billionaires is dealing with a US president eager to bend it further.
