Politics

Lula is back in the game. After a court annulled all the sentences against him, Brazil’s ex-president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva is back in the running for the top job, writes Leonardo Sakamoto.

A poem by Otto René Castillo.

There are scores of different Kurdish political factions, parties and movements, some of which connect with each other, others that are radically and bitterly opposed. Here, in simple form, are the key players.

Who is Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez?

Viktor Orbán, Hungary’s autocratic hard man, is riding high, with the help of young propaganda-mongers. Lorraine Mallinder investigates a media takeover.

With president Trump, Zhou Xiaochuan, a US official, and Christine Lagarde.

The Hondurans who took to the streets following the election were met by a hailstorm of teargas and sometimes live gunfire, writes Richard Swift.

Iceland's charismatic new Left-Green prime minister has big plans, but will the Left-Green's radical programme survive political wrangling with other coalition partners asks Richard Swift.

Sean Spicer, Trump’s first Press Secretary, lied from the very beginning of the new presidency. We shouldn’t let him whitewash himself with showbiz, writes Steve Parry

A group of political strategists gathers to brainstorm ways to remove democratic impediments to the plans of their political bosses. Text by Richard Swift, illustration by Jonathan Williams.

View from America by Mark Engler

Swallowing the lies – or ‘alternative facts’ – of populist politicians is having profound consequences. NJ Enfield takes a fresh look at a potent old tradition – and suggests a way forward.

Ego? Tick. Money? Tick. Power-hungry? Tick. A disaster for the world? Tick.

Mira Galanova uncovers a country at a crossroads.

Shouldn't we have learnt from the past? A cartoon by Dom Nelson from Australia.

We must respond with a genuine vision for ending the corrupt politics of privilege, writes Mark Engler.

Richard Swift considers the Trump effect on Canada's prime minister.

Iris Gonzales reflects on the Philippine president's controversial war on drugs.

Richard Swift on the Moroccan leader.

Hazel Healy on how independent outlets are gaining traction.