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Nelson Mandela
April 26, 2024
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Why Did Elon Musk Just Kick Nelson Mandela’s Grandson Off X?
Mandla Mandela had just set off with a flotilla of aid for Gaza.
April 16, 2024
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
What?! Alina Habba Compares Trump to Nelson Mandela
Habba said the former president was exercising his First Amendment right by potentially violating his hush-money gag order.
April 12, 2021
Alexander Zaitchik
How Bill Gates Impeded Global Access to Covid Vaccines
Through his hallowed foundation, the world’s de facto public health czar has been a stalwart defender of monopoly medicine.
January 9, 2019
MagazineEve Fairbanks
After South Africa’s Trump
An energized resistance movement brought down Jacob Zuma, the postapartheid demagogue. But was democracy saved?
December 10, 2013
Alice Robb
The Game Theory Behind Mandela's Negotiations to End Apartheid
December 9, 2013
Isaac Chotiner
Conservatives Haven't Wrestled With Mandela's Legacy Because They Haven't Wrestled With the Cold War
October 11, 2013
Hedley Twidle
Infinite Delay: The Last Days of Nelson Mandela
June 11, 2010
Eve Fairbanks
Live From The Bush Pub in Afrikaner Country
May 12, 2010
Jonathan Chait
Bad Faith
May 8, 2010
Jonathan Chait
Goldstone Creamery
May 7, 2010
Jonathan Chait
Goldstone And Apartheid (The Real Kind)
August 24, 2009
Martin Peretz
A Sabotage of Justice: Our Inert Response to Libya's Terrorist Pep Rally
January 8, 2008
James Kirchick
Angry White Man
July 12, 1999
Peter Beinart
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