In an aphorism sometimes attributed to Leo Tolstoy, sometimes to John Gardner, all literature relies on one of two plots: a person goes on a journey or a stranger comes to town. Let me offer my own ...

British prime minister Theresa May has been in office for just five months. It hasn’t been smooth sailing. Grappling with the aftermath of Brexit, May has faced anti-Brexit legal challenges, tough ...

The British government has a very peculiar definition of freedom. In a Sunday interview with the BBC explaining new restrictions on protest, Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood implied that freedom is ...

Forcing people to move or prohibiting their mobility are two sides of the same colonial or neocolonial coin. This article originally appeared at TomDispatch.com. To stay on top of important articles ...