President Rodrigo Duterte
Lauren Greenfield’s “Kingmaker” is a searing look at how strongmen fool themselves into believing they represent their grateful nations.
The latest from the foremost chronicler of the wealthy, Lauren Greenfield (“Queen of Versailles”), is this jaw-dropping doc on Imelda Marcos, former first lady of the Philippines.
Clark Air Base and Subic Bay were symbols of America’s global might. Then the Cold War ended. Mt. Pinatubo erupted. They closed. Now China is the unassailable power in these seas.
To the consternation of Diaspora Jews who feel increasingly threatened, Israel’s prime minister is making nice with Europe’s far-right leaders and compromising history.
With Brazil’s election over the weekend and a string of new abuses of government power around the world, the global rise of the hard right continues unchecked.
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte says he thinks God is ‘stupid,’ and believes he has the power of life and death. The really bad news: he’s quite popular.
No one knows how many people have died in Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte’s war on drugs, but journalists are working to make sure the victims are not forgotten.