Lawmakers in Ghana have passed a bill that prohibits the naming, accusing or labelling of another person as a witch, with offenders facing up to five years in jail if found guilty.

The writer Pratap Bhanu Mehta discusses the Indian Prime Minister’s huge win, the differences between him and other authoritarians, and what the future holds for India’s Muslims. By Isaac Chotiner.

Soviet immigrants have always had an implicit belief in the superiority of American institutions. It’s been a religious thing for them. But seeing themselves get swept up and demonized in this way has bred disillusionment and revulsion with American politics on a level I have never seen. By Yasha Levine.

The U.S. Treasury will not introduce a redesigned $20 bill picturing escaped slave and abolitionist Harriet Tubman next year as planned By Makini Brice.

Israel might have the power to tell itself and the rest of the world a story of victimhood. In reality, it has been abusing two million besieged Gazans for over a decade. By Orly Noy.

The fake accounts had handles like @NayNayCantStop, @LatrineWatts, and @CisHate, and bios like “Queer + black + angry.” By Rachelle Hampton.

The Great Tragic Comedy of Modern Journalism. By Matt Bivens.

The assassination of Gdańsk Mayor Paweł Adamowicz at a fundraising event for Poland's most beloved charity culminates years of fear-mongering about the country's opposition and judiciary by the ruling Law and Justice (PiS) party. And now the PiS has chosen the wrong scapegoat for Adamowicz's murder. By Sławomir Sierakowski.

The 1920s weren’t just gin joints and jazz. Anti-immigrant racism was all the rage. By Lisa McGirr.

After Steve King’s comments about white supremacy sparked controversy, Mitch McConnell said that if King didn’t understand the meaning of his words then he “should find another line of work.” By John Cassidy.

We underestimated him once. Let’s not do it again. By Matt Taibbi.

Patriot Act with Hasan Minhaj

The campers, some clad in combat fatigues, carefully aim their assault rifles. Their instructor offers advice: Don't think of your target as a human being... By Yuras Karmanau. (Nov. 12, 2018)

The ramifications of appropriating Native identities for a Halloween costume, with particular emphasis on hyper-sexualizing Indigenous women. By Jordan Marie Daniel.

Immigration officials stopped allowing a volunteer group to visit people at a local detention facility unless its members agreed not to talk with the press or other groups about conditions inside. By Kate Morrissey.

On the eve of the midterms, the most powerful man on earth corrals his troops around two visions of America – one full of hope, the other one much darker – and tests the ground for 2020. By Ed Pilkington.

His supporters hark back to an 1860s fantasy of white male dominance. But the Confederacy won’t win in the long run, says Rebecca Solnit

Civility will never defeat fascism, no matter what The Economist thinks. By Laurie Penny.

The 33-year-old policy adviser has made unprecedented power grabs as he seeks to slash immigration to America. By Nahal Toosi.

A year ago, the so-called Alt-Right (short for "alternative right" and the latest manifestation of the U.S. white nationalist movement) made international headlines in its infamous "Unite the Right" rally in Charlottesville, VA. The rally led to dozens of serious injuries and the death of one counter-protester... By The Institute for Family Studies.